波斯少年 里面一些很经典的句子
"One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once." －Alexander, THE PERSIAN BOY
“人活着应该把生命当做永恒的，又当做自己随时会死，总是两者同时考虑。 ”——亚历山大
We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober. -Bagoas, THE PERSIAN BOY
我们波斯人有句老话，遇大事应当酒醉时考量，酒醒后决断。——巴勾鄂斯，《波斯少年》
注：此句乃作者活用希罗多德《历史》书中对波斯习俗的记载。
There is the Light and the Dark, the Magus used to tell us, and all things that live have the power to choose.
从前我家的祭司常说，世间有光明的真话与黑暗的谎言，一切生灵都有能力自主选择。
The living chick in the shell has known no other world. Through the wall comes a whiteness, but he does not know it is light. Yet he taps at the white wall, not knowing why. Lightning strikes his heart; the shell breaks open.
I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King.
活在蛋壳里的鸡雏不知道另外的世界，壳壁透进来一片白茫茫，然而它不知道那是光，只是敲打着白壁，不明所以。它的心划过一道闪电，蛋壳破开了。
我想，他是我的主人，我生下来就是为了追随他。我找到了一位王者。
I did not speak. I had gone far enough above my place already. All I wished to tell him was, I have only one thing in the world to give you, but that is going to be the best you ever had. Just take it, that is all.
我没有说话。我得到的已经超过我的地位太多。我只想告诉他，世间万物里我只有一样可以给你，但是那会比你有过的都更好。接受吧，这样就可以了。
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