The Meaning of Love
愛的真諦

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return
But what is more painful is
to love someone and never find the courage
to let that person know how you feel.

愛一個人卻得不到對方的愛是一種痛苦
但更痛苦的是
愛一個人卻從沒有勇氣來表白自己的愛。

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance
that they’ll love you back!
Don’t expect love in return, just wait for it
to grow in their heart.
But if it doesn’t, be content it grew in yours.

給一個人你全部的愛也絕不能保證
那個人也會愛你!
不要指望愛必有回報，靜靜等待
愛在對方的心里萌發。
倘若沒有萌發，
也要為它曾在你心里萌發過而感到滿足。

Love comes
To those who still hope
although they’ve been disappointed;
To those who still believe
although they’ve been betrayed;
To those who still need to love
although they’ve been hurt before.

真有愛心的人是那些
對生活仍懷著希望的人,盡管他們失望過；
對人仍存著信任的人,盡管他們被背叛過；
仍要去愛的人,盡管他們被傷害過。

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone, and a day to love
someone--but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

迷上一個人只需一分鐘，
喜歡一個人只需一小時，
愛上一個人需要一天，
可要忘卻一個人卻需要終生的時間。

Don’t go for looks, they can deceive;
Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
Because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

不要追求外貌，外貌常常迷惑人；
不要追求財富，千金終究會散盡。
尋求能使你微笑的人，
因為一個微笑就可使陰沉的一天變得明朗。

To love someone is
to let those we love be just themselves,
and not twist them with our own image.
Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves
we find in them.

愛一個人是讓我們所愛的人
保持自己的個性，
而不是按照我們自己的形象
來扭曲他們的天性。
否則我們所愛的只是
投射在所愛之人身上自己的影子。