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The Little Prince: All adults, have ever been children
所有的大人，都曾是孩子
The Little Prince is a fairy tale written for adults. The melancholy boy, the rose with thorns, the fox waiting for love, the elephant within boa’s stomach, the box filled with sheep, several sunsets on the B12 asteroid…Those graceful words with a touch of sadness gradually extend like a damp mist, allowing us to savor the innocent and follow our ego that have already gone away.
《小王子》是写给成年人的童话，那个忧郁的小孩、那朵带刺的玫瑰、那只等爱的狐狸、那头蟒蛇肚子里的大象、那个装着羊的盒子，还有在B12小行星上若干次的日落……那些带着淡淡忧伤的文字，像是潮湿绰约的雾气慢慢延伸，带着我们去慢慢品味一种远去的天真，追随慢慢远去的自我。
Today, we are going to go over the little prince who touched us in past years.
今天我们来重温一下，那些年，感动过我们的小王子。
To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world。
对我而言，你只是一个小男孩，和其他成千上万的小男孩没有什么不同。我不需要你。你也不需要我。对你而言，我只是一只狐狸，和其它成千上万的狐狸并没有差别。但是，假如你驯化了我，我们就会彼此需要。你在我心中将是独一无二的；对你而言，我也是独一无二的……
Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…
花总是表里不一，而我太年轻了，不知道该怎样爱护她……
It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.
正是因为你为你的玫瑰付出了时间，才使她变得这么重要。
She did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower…
她其实是不愿意让小王子看到自己哭泣。她曾经是多么高傲的一朵花……
You know — one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…
你知道吗-当一个人感到难过的时候，他会爱上日落……
All men have his or her stars, with different meaning for different people. For the travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For the scholars, they are problems to be solved.. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone– will understand the different meanings of the stars.
每一个人都有自己的星星，但其中的含意却因人而异。对旅人而言，星星是向导；对其他人而言，它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西而已；对学者而言，星星则是一门待解的难题；对我那位商人来说，它们就是财富。不过，星星本身是沉默的。你——只有你——了解这些星星与众不同的含义……
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes。
这是我的一个秘密，再简单不过的秘密：一个人只有用心去看，才能看到真实。事情的真相只用眼睛是看不见的。
But no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
但是，大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要！
Each time I read "The Little Prince", I was moved by such a view angle of the world. In real life, we are busy, noisy, and restless, never hearing the sincere whisper from the depth of our soul.Time flies, childhood went away. We grew up, years take memory away and also erode the innocence has ever had. When people are addicted to the flashy world and focus on the law of comparative advantage, being regardless of the shackles of the soul, have they ever experience the nothingness of life……
每一次读《小王子》，都被这种看待世界的角度所感动。现实生活中，我们忙碌着、喧闹着、躁动着，听不到灵魂深处真诚的低语。时光流逝，童年远去，我们渐渐长大，岁月带走了记忆，也消蚀了心底曾经拥有的童真。当人们沉溺于人世浮华，专注于利益法则，不顾心灵的桎梏时，可曾体验到人生的虚无……
No matter how old you are this year, please remember that, all adults, have ever been children.
无论你今年多大，请记得，所有的大人，都曾是孩子。
☞ 作者：陈泳静
☞ 编校：刘洋，时而安静时而疯闹的一枚南方90后女子，英语专八，热爱翻译和音乐，我爱有书，我愿意与你共读。