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Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude.
它口齒伶俐，決不想緊閉雙唇，永遠安于孤寂沉默。
It is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
這張嘴愛說愛笑，愛交談，通人情。
That feature too is propitious. I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow.
這一部份也很吉利。除了額頭，我看不到有礙幸福結局的地方。
And that brow professes to say, — 'I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do.
那個額頭表白道，‘我可以孤單地生活，要是自尊心和客觀環境需要我這樣做的話。
I need not sell my soul to buy bliss.
我不必出賣靈魂來購得幸福。
I have an inward treasure born with me,
我有一個天生的內在珍寶，
which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.
在外界的歡樂都被剝奪，或者歡樂的代價高于我的償付能力時，它能使我活下去。
The forehead declares, Reason sits firm and holds the reins,
額頭大聲說道，‘理智穩坐不動，緊握韁繩，
and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.
不讓情感掙脫，將自己帶入荒蕪的深淵。
The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are. And the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things.
激情會像道地的異教徒那樣狂怒地傾瀉。欲望會耽于虛無縹渺的幻想。
But judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.
但是判斷在每次爭執中仍持有決定權，在每一決策中掌握著生死攸關的一票。
Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by.
狂風、地震和水災雖然都會降臨。
But I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience.
但我將聽從那依然細微的聲音的指引，因為是它解釋了良心的命令。
Well said, forehead; your declaration shall be respected.
說得好，前額，你的宣言將得到尊重。
I have formed my plans — right plans I deem them — and in them I have attended to the claims of conscience, the counsels of reason.
我已經訂好了計劃 — 我認為是正確的計劃 — 內中我照應到良心的要求，理智的忠告。
I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered,
我明白在端上來的幸福之杯中，只要發現一塊恥辱的沉渣，
but one dreg of shame, or one flavour of remorse were detected.
一絲悔恨之情，青春就會很快逝去，花朵就會立即凋零。
And I do not want sacrifice, sorrow, dissolution — such is not my taste.
而我不要犧牲、悲傷和死亡 — 這些不合我的口味。
