对爱的渴望，对知识的探索和对人类苦难的难以忍受的怜悯。th longing for lov, th sarch for knowldg,and unbarabl pity for th suffring of mankind.这些激情象飓风，无处不在、反复无常地吹拂着我，吹过深重的苦海，濒于绝境。ths passions,lik grat winds, hav blown m hithr and thithr, in a wayward cours, ovr a dp ocan of anguish, raching to th vry vrg of dspair.我寻找爱，首先是因为它使人心醉神迷，这种陶醉是如此的美妙，使我愿意牺牲所有的余生去换取几个小时这样的欣喜。i hav sought lov, first, bcaus it brings cstasy --cstasy so gratthat i would oftn hav sacrificd all th rst of lif for a fw hours of this joy.我寻找爱，还因为它解除孤独，在可怕的孤独中，一颗颤抖的灵魂从世界的边缘看到冰冷、无底、死寂的深渊。　i hav sought it, nxt, bcaus it rlivs lonlinss -- that trribl lonlinss in which on shivring consciousnss looks ovr th rim of th world into th cold unfathomabl liflss abyss.最后，我寻找爱，还因为在爱的交融中，神秘而又具体而微地，我看到了圣贤和诗人们想象出的天堂的前景。finally, bcaus in th union of lov i hav sn, in a mystic miniatur, th prfiguring vision of th havn that saints and pots hav imagind.这就是我所寻找的，而且，虽然对人生来说似乎过于美妙，这也是我终于找到了的。i hav sought it, this is what i sought, and though it might sm too good for human lif, this is what --at last -- i hav found.以同样的激情我探索知识。with qual passion i hav sought knowldg.我希望能够理解人类的心灵。i hav wishd to undrstand th harts of mn我希望能够知道群星为何闪烁。i hav wishd to know why th stars shin.我试图领悟毕达哥拉斯所景仰的数字力量，它支配着此消彼涨。仅在不大的一定程度上，我达到了此目的。and i hav trid to apprhnd th pythagoran powr by which numbr holds sway abovth flux.a littl of this, but not much, i hav achivd.爱和知识，只要有可能，通向着天堂。lov and knowldg, so far as thy wr possibl, ld upward toward th havns.但是怜悯总把我带回尘世。痛苦呼喊的回声回荡在我的内心。but always pity brought m back to arth. chos of cris of pain rvrbrat in my hart.忍饥挨饿的孩子，惨遭压迫者摧残的受害者，被儿女们视为可憎的负担的无助的老人，连同这整个充满了孤独、贫穷和痛苦的世界，使人类所应有的生活成为了笑柄。我渴望能够减少邪恶，但是我无能为力，而且我自己也在忍受折磨。childrn in famin, victims torturd by opprssors, hlplss old popl a hatd burdn to thir sons, and th whol world oflonlinss,povrty, and pain mak a mockry of what human lif should b.i long to allviat th vil, but i can''t , and i too suffr.这就是我的一生。我发现它值得一过。如果再给我一次机会，我会很高兴地再活它一次。　this has bn my lif. i hav found it worth living, and would gladly liv it again if th chanc wr offrd m.