雙語美文：別讓蠟燭熄滅

Keep the Candles Burning

那支蠟燭燃著未來希望的火焰，俄語翻譯，別用過去的悲傷一次次熄滅它。

A man had alittle daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was hislife. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven andearth to bring about her restoration to health.

一個男人有一個小女兒，那是唯一的
孩子，他深深地愛著她，為她而活，她就是
他的生命。所以，噹女兒生病時，他像瘋了一般竭儘全力想讓她恢復健康。

His best efforts,however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitterrecluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing everyactivity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self.But one night he had a dream.

然而，他所有的努力都無濟於事，女
兒還是死了。父親變得痛瘔遁世，避開了許
多朋友，拒絕參加一切能使他恢復平靜，回到自我的活動。但有一天夜裏，他做了一個夢。

He was in heaven,witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marchingin a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic childcarried a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then hesaw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing toher, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, “How isit, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?” “Daddy, they often relightit, but your tears always put it out.”

他到了天堂，看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣，手裏拿著一根蠟燭。他注意
到有一個小天使的蠟燭沒有點亮。隨後，他看到那個拿著沒有點亮的蠟燭的小天使是自己的女兒。他奔過去，一把將女兒抱在懷裏，親切地愛撫著她，然後問道： “寶貝兒，為什麼只有你的蠟燭沒有點亮呢？”“爸爸，他們經常重新點亮蠟燭，可是你的眼淚總是把它熄滅。”

Just then he awokefrom his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate.From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully withhis former friends and associates. No longer would his darling’s candle beextinguished by his useless tears.

就在這時，公證翻譯服務，他從夢中醒來。
夢給他上的一課像水晶般透明，而且立竿見影。從那個時刻起，他不再消極遁世，而是自由自在、興高埰烈的回到從前的朋友和同事們中間。寶貝女兒的蠟燭再也沒有被他無用的眼淚熄滅過。