别让我祈祷能在险恶中获得庇护，
而祈祷可以勇敢地面对险恶；
别让我乞求痛苦止息，
而乞求我的心可以战胜痛苦；
别让我在人生战场上盼望盟友，
而是发现自己的力量。
别让我在不安和恐惧中渴望救助，
而祈愿我的坚韧可以赢取自由。
请别让我做一个弱者，
只在成功中感觉到你的仁慈，
但请让我在失意时感到你双手紧握。
（摘自泰戈尔《采果集》）
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.
(excerpted from Rabindranath Tagore, “FRUIT-GATHERING”)
