你的孩子，其實不是你的孩子，

他們是生命對于自身渴望而誕生的孩子。

他們通過你來到這世界，卻非因你而來，

他們在你身旁，卻并不屬于你。

你可以給予他們的是你的愛，卻不是你的思想，

因為他們有自己的思想。

你可以庇護他們的身體，卻不是他們的靈魂，

因為他們的靈魂屬于明天，

屬于你做夢也無法達到的明天。

你可以拼盡全力，變得像他們一樣，

卻不要讓他們變得和你一樣，

因為生命不會倒退，也不在過去停留。

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thought For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their soul For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,But seek not to make them like you,For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.