Half is not Enough

半而未滿

作者：紀伯倫

Do not love half lovers

不摯愛，那些投入一半的愛人

Do not entertain half friends

不取悅，那些交付一半的友人

Do not indulge in works of the half talented

不沉迷，那些浮于一半的文化

Do not live half a life and do not die a half death

若生，就不半死不活；若死，就不帶走云彩

If you choose silence, then be silent

若沉默，就無聲

When you speak, do so until you are finished

若雄辯，就淋漓

Do not silence yourself to say something

不靠欲言又止來表達

And do not speak to be silent

不用止而又言來自討無趣

If you accept, then express it bluntly

如接納，就坦然

Do not mask it

不扭捏作態(tài)

If you refuse then be clear about it

如拒絕，就明白

for an ambiguous refusal

因為曖昧的拒絕

is but a weak acceptance

就是半推半就

Do not accept half a solution

不屈從一半的解答

Do not believe half-truths

不相信一半的真相

Do not dream half a dream

不做半個夢

Do not fantasize about half hopes

不幻想半個期待

Half a drink will not quench your thirst

半口水，豈能消渴？

Half a meal will not satiate your hunger

半頓飯，豈能裹腹？

Half the way will get you nowhere

半途，豈是終點？

Half an idea will bear you no results

半念，豈會結(jié)果？

Your other half is not the one you love

你的另一半，不是你所愛的一半

It is you in another time yet in the same space

她是你，在同一空間，另一時間

It is you when you are not

做著你沒做的事情

Half a life is a life you didn't live,

活著你沒活的人生

A word you have not said

一句沒出口的話

A smile you postponed

一朵推遲的微笑

A love you have not had

一段未敢的愛情

A friendship you did not know

一個未知的朋友

To reach and not arrive

你伸出手，卻沒抓住的那些種種

Work and not work

你出工卻沒出力的凡事

Attend only to be absent

你身在卻心不在的場合

What makes you a stranger to them closest to you and they strangers to you

那些終究把擦肩而過的人，稍縱即逝的機緣變成陌生的不作為

The half is a mere moment of inability

那些瞬間的看似的無能為力

but you are able for you are not half a being

但你，你有能力，你不是一半

You are a whole that exists

你是一個完整的人

to live a life not half a life

所以別活半滿的人生

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