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我曾经七次鄙视自己的灵魂
Seven
times have I despised my soul
（
< br>卡里·纪伯伦
）
(Kahlil Gibran)
第一次，当她本可以进取时，却故作谦卑；
The first time when I saw her being
meek that she might attain height.
第二次，当她在空虚时，用爱欲来填充；
The second time when I saw her limping
before the crippled.
第三次，在困难和容易之间，她选择了容易；
The third time when she was given to
choose between the hard and the easy,
and she chose the easy.
第四次，她犯了错，却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己；
The fourth time when she committed a
wrong, and comforted herself that
others also commit wrong.
第五次，她容忍了软弱，而把她的忍受称作坚强；
The fifth time when she forbore for
weakness, and attributed her patience to
strength.
第六次，当她鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时，却不知那正是自己面具
中的一副；
The sixth time when she
despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that
it was one of her own masks.
第七次，她侧身于生活的污泥中，虽不甘心，却又畏首畏尾。
And
the
seventh
time
when
she
sang
a
song
of
praise,
and
deemed
it
a