《沙与沫》是黎巴嫩杰出诗人纪伯伦的几部经典诗篇之一，他以自然景物“沙”、“泡沫”寓意人在社会之中如同沙之微小，事物如同泡沫一般虚幻。整部诗集内容富有哲理、充满智慧，是一本关于生命、艺术、爱情、人性的格言书。给予了读者人性的震撼，灵魂的触摸，思想的启迪……

Our mind is a sponge;our heart is a stream.Is it not strange that most of us choose sucking rather than running?

我们的脑是一块海绵，我们的心是溪流。然而我们大多选择吸收而非奔流，这不是很奇怪吗？

The rality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you ,but in what he cannot reveal to you.Therefore, if you would understand him,listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

他人的真实并非在于他向你显露什么，而在于他无法向你显露什么。因此，倘若你想了解他，不要去听他所说的，而要去听他没有说的。

Remembrance is a form of meeting.

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

追忆是一种会面，遗忘是一种自由。

It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life.Now I know that I am the sphere,and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

还在昨天，我觉得自己只是一块碎片，在生命的苍穹中毫无节奏地颤动着。如今我知道自己就是那苍穹，一切生命都是节奏分明的碎片，在我内心律动。

Strang, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

真怪，渴望某些欢乐，正是我痛苦的一部分。

Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you.But should you hide behind your own shell,then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.

现在让我们来玩捉迷藏。你要是藏在我心里，我就不难找到你。但要是你藏到自己的壳里去，那谁也找不到你。

How noble is the sad heart who would sing a joyous song with joyous hearts.

一颗悲伤的心，却能和欢乐的心同唱欢乐的歌，这是何等的高贵阿！

Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.

慷慨不在于把我比你更需要的东西给我，而在于把你比我更需要的东西给我。

Strange that you should pity the slow-footed and not the slow-minded.And the blind-eyed rather than the blind-hearted.

奇怪，你可怜那脚步慢的，却不可怜那心思慢的。你可怜眼盲的，却不可怜那心盲的。

Life is a procession.The slow of foot finds it too swift and he steps out;

And the swift of foot finds it too slow and he too steps out.

生命是一次行军，脚步慢的人觉得它太快了，于是退出；脚步快的人觉得它慢了，也退出。

Strife in nature is but disorder longing for order.

自然界的斗争不过是混乱对秩序的寻求。

If it were not for our conception of weights and measures we would stand in awe of the firefly as we do before the sun.

若不是因为我们崇尚重量和尺度，我们站在萤火虫前就会像在太阳前一样心怀敬畏。

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh,and too selfful to seek other than itself.

当智慧骄傲到不能哭泣，庄严到无法欢笑，自满到放弃交流，那就不是智慧了。

If you can see only what light reveals and hear only what sound announces.Then in truth you do not see nor do you hear.

如果你只能于光明处看见影像，只能于有声处听见声音。那么其实你既看不到也听不见。

Generosity is giving more than you can,and pride is taking less than you need.

慷慨是给予比你所能给予的更多，自尊是接受比你所需要的更少。

The envious praises me unknowingly.

妒忌我的人在无意中赞扬了我。