一封邮件，让深处漩涡的我重拾希望 | 昆杜播客

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William O’Brien

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William O’Brien

William H. O'Brien博士是昆山杜克大学客座教授，美国福布莱特学者，2020年中国社会科学杰出讲座教授。本文节选自O'Brien博士在疫情期间给同学们写的几封邮件之一，讲述了他在智利参加女儿婚礼时对 “希望” 一词的所思所想。

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Hope希望

I traveled to Chile, South America for my daughter's wedding on March 7. It was a wonderful experience and a lovely wedding.

3月7日，我前往了南美的智利参加我女儿的婚礼。那是一段美好的经历，一场有爱的婚礼。

I prepared a toast for my daughter and her husband. What came to mind was hope. Weddings are so much about hope and possibility. This brought about thoughts about one of my favorite poems by Emily Dickinson.

我为我的女儿和女婿准备了一段祝酒词。当时浮现在我脑海的主题词是希望，因为婚礼很大程度上是关于希望和可能性。我想起了我最喜欢的诗人艾米莉 · 狄金森的一首诗。

Emily Dickinson who lives from 1830 to1886 is thought to be one of the greatest American Poets. She lived much of her life as a "recluse" meaning that she rarely was seen in public, she never married, and she did not socialize much. Her great skills as a poet were unrecognized until after her death. Her sister discovered over 1800 poems that she had written across her life.

艾米莉 (1830-1886) 被认为是美国最伟大的诗人之一。她一生的大部分时间都过着像“隐士”一样的生活，很少在公共场合露面，从未结过婚，也不怎么社交。她卓越的才华在她在世时一直没有得到认可。直到她去世后，她的姐姐发现了她一生写下的1800多首诗。

I thought the poem and the concept of hope is important for us right now with the virus. So much of our worlds have been completely and abruptly changed by the virus. And now, with the addition of schoolwork, your lives of students have undoubtedly gotten more challenging--- especially given that you cannot be with your peers to have conversations and support each other in the typical way that happens in college.

我认为诗歌和希望这一概念在我们如今应对爆发的疫情的生活中尤为重要。我们的世界突然、彻底地被改变了。现在加上学校的那些功课，你们学生的生活变得愈发具有挑战---- 尤其是，你们不能像平常在学校里那样，和小伙伴们在一起交流、相互支持。

But hope is always there to guide you. From a mindfulness perspective we would think of hope as a way to recognize that challenges and the "storms" within you also contain a "song" of hope. Listen for the song of hope in your own mind when you take a moment to practice mindfulness. The hope maybe sometimes be quite difficult to recognize or accept given the strength of possibly upsetting thoughts. Hope is important for coping, hope is important for managing stress.

但，希望一直会指引你。从正念的角度来看，“希望”是一种方式，让你认识到身边的挑战，而那些环绕着你的“风暴”也蕴含着一首希望之歌。当你练习正念的时候，记得聆听脑海中的希望之歌。考虑到一些负面的想法，希望的声音有时候非常难意识到或被接受。但保持希望对于应对和处理压力都非常重要。

Here is the poem from Emily Dickinson. The title of this poem is “Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson. It begins,

这里有一首来自艾米莉狄金森的诗。诗题名为“希望, 是有羽毛的小鸟”。

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

希望是有羽毛的小鸟儿

它栖居在我们的灵魂里

吟唱着无词的曲调

And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - inthe Gale -

is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

它永不停歇

即使在狂风暴雨

它甜美的歌声仍清晰可辨

那暴风多么猛烈啊

它本可以让

怀抱着温暖的小鸟失去希望

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

但我仍然在极寒之地

在诡海深处，听到过小鸟的吟唱

在最极端的情况下

它也仍没有向我索求一丁点儿帮助

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1. Gale 非常强的风暴，有时候会夹带着降雨。

2. Sore 常常指身体上的疼痛。在这首诗的情境里，可以意为非常，极端。

3. Abash 意为使某人羞愧、尴尬。这里可以理解为夺走希望。

4. Crumb -一个东西的一小块，一小部分。我们说“The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground. ”鸽子开心地在地上啄食面包碎。就可以用”crumbs of bread”。

This poem provides such meaning in the current time. The idea that hope doesn’t ask much from you or from me. Hope is the small voice that can be heard as the storm crushes around us. Hope will sing the song to enlighten you and guide you.

这首诗在当下被赋予了特殊的意义。希望它本身并没有向你我有任何索求，它是一个可以被身处漩涡的我们听到的小小的声音。希望，会像小鸟一样唱着歌启发你，指引你。

Listen for the hope, you will hear it, move towards the hope, and direct your actions in the direction of hope. Your small actions and the small steps you each take as individuals will move not only yourself, but humanity towards a hopeful outcome.

请去聆听希望的声音，并向它走去，朝着希望的方向行动。你的举动，和每一小步，不仅会助你前行，也会让我们整个人类向着更加充满希望的结果靠近。

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音频制作：陈孛

手绘头像：王诗薇 刘秦琬娴

翻译：汤澜

文案：汤澜 李蔚然

编辑：陆文蝶

出品：昆山杜克大学学生媒体中心

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