雙語 ● 每個女人都美麗　Every Woman Is Beautiful

■ 每個女人都美麗　Every Woman Is Beautiful

◎ Anonymous

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?”

一個男孩問他的媽媽：“你為什么要哭呢？”

“Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

媽媽說：“因為我是女人啊。”

“I don’t understand,” he said.

男孩說：“我不懂?！?

His mum just hugged him and said, “And you never will.”

他媽媽抱起他說：“你永遠不會懂的?！?

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”

后來，小男孩就問他爸爸：“媽媽為什么無緣無故地哭呢？”

“All women cry for no reason,” was all his dad could say.

他爸爸只能說：“所有的女人都會這樣。”

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

小男孩長成了一個男人，但他仍舊不懂女人為什么哭泣。

Finally he put in a call to God; and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so easily?”

最后，他打電話給上帝；在上帝拿起電話時，他問道：“上帝，女人為什么那么容易哭泣？”

God said, “When I made the woman, she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give comfort.”

上帝回答說：“當我創(chuàng)造女人時，就讓她很特別。我使她的肩膀堅強得能挑起整個世界；然而，卻又柔情似水，能撫慰他人。”

“I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection[9] that many times comes from her children.”

“我讓她的內(nèi)心堅強，能夠承受分娩的痛苦，忍受來自孩子的一次次拒絕。”

“I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue[10] without complaining.” “我賦予她堅韌，使她能在別人放棄的時候繼續(xù)堅持著，并且無怨無悔地照顧自己的家人渡過疾病與疲勞?！?

“I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.” “我賦予她在任何情況下都會愛孩子的情感，即使她的孩子深深地傷害了她?！?

“I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.” “我賦予她包容她丈夫過錯的堅強，并用他的肋骨塑成她來保護他的心。”

“I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly[11] .”

“我賦予她智慧，讓她知道一個好丈夫是絕不會傷害他的妻子的，但有時我也會考驗她支持丈夫的堅持與決心?！?

“And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.”

“最后，我讓她可以流淚。只要她愿意，這是她所獨有的。”

“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.”

“你看，女人的美麗不是因為她穿的衣服、她保持的體型或者她梳頭的方式?！?

“The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.”

“女人的美麗必須要從她的眼睛去看，那是她心靈的窗口，是愛居住的地方?！?

Every woman is beautiful.

每個女人都美麗。

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