What I have Lived for（我的人生追求）

名称：What I have Lived for（我的人生追求）
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[00:04.75]Three passionssimple butoverwhelminglystrong
[00:06.95]有三种简单而无比强烈的激情
[00:09.16]have governed mylife:the longingfor love,the searchfor knowledge,
[00:12.14]左右了我的一生:对爱的渴望对知识的探索
[00:15.12]and unbearable pityfor the suffering ofmankind.
[00:17.80]和对人类苦难的难以忍受的怜悯。
[00:20.47]What I Have LivedForBy Bertrand Russell
[00:27.31]我的人生追求伯特兰.罗素
[00:34.14]Three passions,simple butoverwhelminglystrong,
[00:36.22]有三种简单然而无比强烈的激情
[00:38.30]have governed mylife:
[00:39.38]左右了我的一生:
[00:40.46]the longing forlove, the searchfor knowledge,
[00:42.73]对爱的渴望，对知识的探索
[00:45.00]and unbearable pityfor the suffering ofmankind.
[00:47.08]和对人类苦难的难以忍受的怜悯。
[00:49.16]These passions,in awayward course,overa deep ocean ofanguish,
[00:52.08]这些激情像飓风，无处不在、反复无常地吹拂着我，
[00:55.01]reaching to the veryverge of despair.
[00:56.86]吹过深重的苦海，濒于绝境。
[00:58.72]I have sought love,first,
[01:00.13]我寻找爱，首先
[01:01.54]because it bringsecstasy-ecstasy sogreat
[01:03.42]是因为它使人心醉神迷，这种陶醉是如此的美妙
[01:05.31]that I would oftenhave sacrificed
[01:06.38]使我愿意牺牲
[01:07.44]all the rest of lifefor a few hours ofthis joy.
[01:09.81]所有的余生去换取几个小时这样的欣喜
[01:12.18]I have sought it,next,
[01:13.31]我寻找爱，
[01:14.45]because it relievesloneliness-thatterrible loneliness
[01:16.58]还因为它解除孤独在可怕的孤独中
[01:18.72]in which oneshiveringconsciousness
[01:19.92]一颗颤抖的灵魂
[01:21.12]looks over the rimof the world intothe cold
[01:22.95]从世界的边缘看到冰冷、
[01:24.78]unfathomablelifeless abyss.
[01:26.07]无底、死寂的深渊。
[01:27.36]I have sought it,finally,
[01:28.60]最后，我寻找爱
[01:29.84]because in the unionof love I have seen,in a mysticminiature,
[01:32.29]还因为在爱的交融中神秘的缩影中
[01:34.74]the prefiguringvision of the heaventhat saints andpoets have imagined.
[01:37.61]我看到了圣贤和诗人们想象出的天堂的前景。
[01:40.48]This is what Isought, and thoughit might seem toogood for human life,
[01:43.09]这就是我所寻找的，而且，虽然对人生来说似乎过于美妙，
[01:45.70]this is what-atlast-I have found.
[01:48.22]这也是我终于找到了的。
[01:50.73]With equal passionI have soughtknowledge.
[01:52.33]怀着同样的激情我探索知识。
[01:53.92]I have wished tounderstand thehearts of men.
[01:55.90]我希望能够理解人类的心灵
[01:57.87]I have wished toknow why the starsshine.
[01:59.74]我希望能够知道群星为何闪烁。
[02:01.61]And I have tried toapprehend thePythagorean power
[02:03.56]我试图领悟毕达哥拉斯所景仰的数字力量，
[02:05.51]by which numberholds sway abovethe flux.
[02:07.37]它支配着此消彼涨。
[02:09.22]A little of this,but not much,I have achieved.
[02:12.01]仅在不大的一定程度上，我达到了此目的。
[02:14.81]Love and knowledge,so far as they werepossible,led upwardtoward the heavens.
[02:18.07]爱和知识，只要有可能，通向天堂。
[02:21.34]But always pitybrought me back toearth.
[02:23.10]但是怜悯总把我带回尘世。
[02:24.87]Echoes of cries ofpain reverberate inmy heart.
[02:27.17]痛苦呼喊的回声回荡在我的内心
[02:29.48]Children in famine,victims tortured byoppressors,
[02:31.67]忍饥挨饿的孩子，惨遭压迫者摧残的受害者
[02:33.86]helpless old peoplea hated burden totheir
[02:35.67]被儿女们视为可憎的负担的无助的老人
[02:37.47]pain make a mockeryof what human lifeshould be.
[02:39.44]使人类所应有的生活成为了笑柄。
[02:41.42]I long to alleviatethe evil, but Ican't, and I toosuffer.
[02:44.74]我渴望能够减少邪恶，但是我无能为力，而且我自己也在忍受折磨。
[02:48.06]This has been mylife.
[02:49.13]这就是我的一生。
[02:50.19]I have found itworth living,
[02:52.19]我发现它值得一过。