The Search for the Eternal Lover

尋覓永遠的愛慕者

You are all in search of a secret love.

你們都在尋覓一個奧秘的愛。

And you are all

而你們

trying to find it in somebody

都想在某人身上找愛

Hence the frustration

因而挫敗

all lovers

除了

except those

那些

who are never allowed to meet.

從不被允許見面的情侶之外。

Only those who are never allowed to meet are remembered,

只記得幾世紀以來那些從來不被允許

for centuries, for their great love.

見面的偉大愛情 。

In the East we know

在東方我們都知道

Shiri and Farhad,

西麗和法赫，

Laila and Majnu.

賴拉和馬俊。

Because they were never allowed to meet

因為他們從不被他們的父母和社會

by their parents and society

允許見面

they have become symbolic of great lovers.

他們已經成為偉大愛情的象徵。

But it is strange:

但是很奇怪:

they were never allowed

他們從來連彼此見面

even to meet with each other,

都不被允許，

and they have become the symbols of great love.

然而他們已經成為偉大愛情的象徵。

And what has happened to

已經被允許見面的

millions of lovers

數百萬的情侶

who have been allowed?

是怎麼了?

Not a single one of them

他們沒有一個被

has proved to be a great lover.

認為是個偉大的情人。

All are simply lousy.

全都只是差勁。

Every love affair is a failure,

每件戀情都是失敗的，

without exception.

毫無例外。

You may accept it, you may not.

你或許接受，或許不。

One tries to hide the fact

人總是試圖隱藏事實

as long as possible,

盡可能延長，

but everybody knows what everybody is doing.

但每個人都知道每個人在做甚麼。

The reason is that Your frustration

原因是 你一定

is bound to happen.

會挫敗。

Your real love

你的真愛

is for the eternal self,

在於永恆的自我，

hidden behind

隱藏在

the curtain,

幕後，

and you never look

而你從不在

behind the curtain.

幕後觀看。

You are just playing on the stage

你總是在舞台上表演

and befooling.

和愚弄。

Everybody’s

每個人的

great love is to know the secret

偉大愛情在於領悟

of the eternal and immortal life.

生命永恆不朽的奧秘。

Because you cannot find it in another person.

因為你無法在別人身上找到愛。

When you meet on the sea beach

當你們在海邊相會

it seems that

似乎

to everyone

每個人都是

it is the same story

同樣的故事

That “this woman

"這個女人

or this man

或男人

is made for me.”

是為我量身訂做的。"

And Nobody is made for anybody;

然而 沒有人是為任何人訂做的，

everybody is made for himself.

每個人都是為自己做的。

You are not some

你不是某種

kind of manufactured parts,

做來彼此搭配的

that you are made to fit with each other.

產品零件。

So when you don’t fit,

所以當你們不合適時，

then the tragedy begins.

然後悲劇就開始了。

Before that all is goody-goody.

之前一切都是偽善的。

The real test is after the honeymoon.

真正的考驗是在蜜月之後。

After the honeymoon the lovers are finished,

蜜月過後情侶就結束了，

they don’t look at each other eye to eye.

他們不彼此眼對眼看對方了。

The husband goes on reading the same newspaper

先生繼續看著同樣的報紙

to avoid the wife….

以逃避太太...

A man in the pub

在酒吧裡 有個

was saying to his

男人 對他的朋友

friend

說，

That, “Why do you always remain silent?

"你為什麼總是保持沉默?

You don’t say anything.”

你甚麼話都不說。"

He said,

他說，

“The whole credit goes to my wife.

"這全歸功於我太太。

She talks and I listen.

她說而我聽。

She does not like any interruption.

她不喜歡有任何干擾。

So after years of listening without interrupting,

所以經幾年不斷的聽之後，

it has become a habit.

已成為一種習慣。

Wherever I am,

不論我在哪裡，

even though my wife is not there,

即使我太太不在場，

I sit silently.”

我總是靜靜地坐著。"

The failure of love in the world

世上愛情的失敗

shows a significant fact:

顯示一個頗具意義的事實:

that our love is searching for something else,

我們的愛 其實是在尋覓別的東西，

and because we don’t find it

也因為我們在

in our so-called lovers,

所謂的情侶身上找不到

the frustration arises.

挫折感於焉升起。

Nobody is responsible,it is just that our direction is wrong.

不是任何人的責任，只是我們的方向錯誤。

The real lover is within you.

真正的愛就在你內在。

The eternal lover is within you.

永久的愛慕者就在你內在。

Once you have found it,

一旦你找到了它，

you are

你就

absolutely content

絕對自滿

with yourself.

自足。

There is no need

就不需要靠

for anyone

任何人

because you are no longer incomplete.

因為你已不再不完善了。

Only a buddha

只有佛

is fulfilled.

是自滿自足的。

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