美文-What I have lived for 我为何生活

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What I have lived for 我为何生活

----By Bertrand Russel(1872-1970)

Three passions,simple but overwhelmingly strong,have governed my life: the longing for love,the search for knowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions,like great winds,have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward couse,over a deep ocean of anquish,reaching to the very

verge of despair.

三种单纯而无比强烈的激情支配了我的一生：对爱情的渴望、对知识的探索，和对人类苦难的不堪承受的

悲悯。这些激情像暴风无处不在，把我吹向各方，吹过深重的苦海，直抵绝望的边缘。

I have sought love,first,because it brings ecstasy----ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it,next because it relieves loneliness---that terrible

loneliness in which one's shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold

unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it,finally because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought,

and though it might seem too good for human life,this is what--at last---I have found.

我寻求爱情，首先是因为它使人心醉神迷。他让人如此陶醉，以至我愿意舍弃余生，来换取几个小时的快乐。我寻求爱情，还因为它可以缓解孤独。在可怕的孤独中，人类颤抖的意识越过世界的边缘看到冰冷、无底、没有生命的深渊。最后，我寻求爱情，还因为在爱的交融中，我看到了圣徒和诗人想象中的天堂愿景的神秘缩影，它神秘又具体而微的存在着。这就是我寻求的爱情，虽然它似乎美得不像人生，但我终于

找到了。

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the heart of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which

number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

我以同等的激情探索知识。我希望理解人类的心灵。我希望知道群星为何闪烁。我试图领悟毕达哥拉斯学派所信仰的数的力量----包含宇宙秘密的数字恒久而基本地支配着永远在流动变化的现象世界。我在这方面

小有建树，但成就不大。

Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward the heavens.But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine,victims tortured by oppressors,helpless old people---a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness,poverty,

and pain make a mockery

of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

爱情和知识，只要一有可能，就通向天堂。但是悲悯总把我带回尘世。痛苦呼喊的回声在我心中振荡。饥饿的孩子、受压迫的人、在儿女眼中累赘可憎的无助老人，以及这整个充满了孤独、贫穷和痛苦的世界嘲讽着人类的生活理想。我渴望减少邪恶，但是我无能为力，因而自己也受到折磨。

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

这就是我的一生。我发现他值得一过。如果再给我机会，我会高兴地这样再活一次。

第二篇：What I Have Lived For--双语版

What I Have Lived For

Bertrand Russell

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love , the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

三股简单而非凡强烈的激情一直控制着我的一生：对爱的渴望，对知识的追求和对人类苦难不堪忍受的怜悯。这三股激情，象阵阵巨风，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意东西，变动无常，直吹到了绝望的边缘。

I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.

我寻求爱，首先是因为它带来了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常愿意牺牲我的全部余生来换取几小时这样的欢乐。我寻求爱，其次是因为它能解除寂寞——那种可怕的寂寞，如同一个人毛发悚然地从这世界的边缘探望令人战栗的死气沉沉的无底深渊。我寻求爱，最后是因为在爱的结合中我看到了圣徒们和诗人们所想象的预言中的天堂景象的神秘雏型。这就是我所寻求的东西，虽然它也许似乎是人生所难以得到的美好事物，但这就是——最后——我终于找到的东西。

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.

我怀着同样的激情寻求知识。我希望理解人们的心。我希望知道星星为什么发光。我力图领悟毕达哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使数字支配着不断变动的事物。在这方面，我只达到了一小部分，并不很多。

Love and knowledge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

爱和知识，尽其可能，远远地把人引向九天之上。倡怜悯总是把我带回到地面上来。痛苦的呼号的回声在我心里回荡。受饥挨饿的儿童，在压迫者折磨下受苦受难的人们，无依无靠而成为自己子女嫌恶的负担的老人，以及整个孤苦寂寞的世界，穷困与痛苦都在嘲弄着人生，使人们不能过应有的美好生活。我渴望减轻灾难祸害，但是我力不从心，我自己也在受苦。

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

这就是我的一生。我觉得我的一生过得很值得。如果我还有机会的话，我将乐意再度过这样的一生。

我为什么活着

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