流光似水

但丁《神曲》( Dante：The Divine Comedy)

為什麼你的精神分散?
為什麼你的腳步放慢?
人家的竊竊私語與你何干?
走你的路，讓人們去說吧!
要像一座卓立的塔，
絕不因暴風雨而傾斜。
我們可以活得平凡，
但是我們絕對不能活得平庸。

"Why is your mind so ensnared that you slacken pace?

What does it matter to you what they whisper here?

Follow me close behind, and let the people talk: stand like a steady tower,

that never shakes at the top, in the blasts of wind: since the man,

in whom thought rises on thought, sets himself back,

because the force of the one weakens the other."