Youth 原文及翻译

兰生乐

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty


年轻不是一个年龄阶段，而是一种心态；它不是指红润的面颊、红唇和柔软的膝盖，而是意志力、想象力和情感活力的体现；它是生命深处泉水般的清新。 年轻意味着勇气胜过胆怯，对冒险的渴望胜过安逸的喜爱。这种特质在六十岁的人身上往往比二十岁的男孩更为突出。年龄不仅仅是数字带来的，我们变老是因为放弃了理想。 岁月可以在皮肤上留下皱纹，但放弃热情却会使灵魂起皱。忧虑、恐惧、自我怀疑会使心灵低头，使精神归于尘土。 无论是六十岁还是十六岁，每个人心中都有对奇迹的向往，对未来的孩童般的渴望，以及对生活乐趣的享受。在你我的心底，都有一座无线电台；只要它接收到来自人类和无限的美丽、希望、快乐、勇气和力量的信息，你就是年轻的。 当天线倒下，你的精神被愤世嫉俗和悲观的冰雪所覆盖时，即使年方二十，你也已经变老了；但只要你的天线依然耸立，接收乐观的波段，你就有希望在八十岁时仍然年轻。


以上是chatgpt3.5翻译的，下面是由Deepl翻译的：

青春不是生命的时间；青春是一种精神状态；青春不是红润的脸颊、红润的嘴唇和柔软的膝盖；青春是一种意志、一种想象力、一种情感的活力；青春是生命深泉的清新。
年轻意味着勇气胜过胆怯，冒险胜过安逸。六十岁的男人往往比二十岁的男孩更有这种气质。没有人会仅仅因为年数而变老。我们会因为放弃理想而变老。
岁月会让皮肤起皱，但放弃热情会让灵魂起皱。忧虑、恐惧、自我怀疑让心灵低头，让精神归于尘土。
无论是六十岁还是十六岁，每个人的心中都有奇迹的诱惑，都有对下一步的不懈追求，都有生活游戏的快乐。在你我的内心深处，都有一个无线电台；只要它能接收到来自人类和无限的美丽、希望、欢呼、勇气和力量的信息，你们就会永远年轻。
但只要你的天线是向上的，能捕捉到乐观主义的浪潮，你就有希望在八十岁时英年早逝。