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《今The Living Present》節選
文：李大釗 譯：張培基
Of all things in the world, I think, the present is the most precious, and also the most apt to slip through our fingers.
我以為世間最可寶貴的就是“今”，最易喪失的也是“今”。
We, therefore, treasure it all the more because of its transience.
因為他最容易喪失，所以更覺得他可以寶貴。
Why is the present so precious? The following quotation from the philosopher Emerson best serves for an answer:"Make use of time if you love eternity; yesterday cannot be recalled; tomorrow cannot be assured; only today is yours.One today is worth two tomorrows."
為什么“今”最可寶貴呢?最好借哲人耶曼孫所說的話答這個疑問：“爾若愛千古，爾當愛現在。昨日不能喚回來，明天還不確實，爾能確有把握的就是今日。今日一天，當明日兩天。”
Why is the present so easily lost? Because the universe as well as human life is changing non-stop all the time.
為什么“今”最易喪失呢?因為宇宙大化刻刻流轉，絕不停留。
Time never tarries with us a bit longer because we treasure and love it.
時間這個東西，也不因為吾人貴他愛他稍稍在人間留戀。
It is hard to tell which moment in the ups and downs of life is our present or now.
試問吾人說“今”說“現在”，茫茫百千萬劫，究竟哪一剎那是吾人的“今”，是吾人的“現在”呢?
What we call our present or now at one time will at the next be quickly gone and become the past.
剛剛說他是“今”是“現在”，他早已風馳電掣的一般，已成“過去”了。
Isn't it a pity to unthinkingly idle away the present?
吾人若要糊糊涂涂把他丟掉，豈不可惜？
