我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂
我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂 - 纪伯伦
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
第一次, 当它本可进取时, 却故作谦卑
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
第二次, 当它空虚时, 用爱欲来填充
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
第三次, 在堕落和努力之间, 它选择了堕落
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
第四次, 它犯了错, 却藉由别人的错来宽慰自己
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
第五次, 它自由软弱，却把它认为是生命的坚韧
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
第六次, 当它嘲笑他人愚蠢时, 却不知自己更是蠢材
The seventh time when she sang a song of praise and deemed it a virtue.
第七次, 它在泥潭时既彻底摆不了烂也不彻底甘心
