无心剑中译塞缪尔·厄尔曼《青春》

Youth

青春

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

青春不是一个人生阶段，而是一种精神状态；青春不是桃面、丹唇与柔膝，而是意志、想象与热情；青春是生命深泉流淌的清新气息。

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

青春意味着勇气完胜怯懦，摈弃安逸而甘