约翰.多恩(John Donne 1572—1631):
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
没有人是自成一体、与世隔绝的孤岛,
每一个人都是广袤大陆的一部份。
原文更多(摘录):
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
没有人是自成一体、与世隔绝的孤岛,
每一个人都是广袤大陆的一部份。
如果海浪冲掉了一块岩石,
欧洲就减少。
如同一个海岬失掉一角,
如同你的朋友或者你自己的领地失掉一块。
每个人的死亡都是我的哀伤,
因为我是人类的一员。