The Meaning of Love
爱的真谛

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return
But what is more painful is
to love someone and never find the courage
to let that person know how you feel.
爱一个人却得不到对方的爱是一种痛苦
但更痛苦的是
爱一个人却从没有勇气来表白自己的爱。

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance
that they’ll love you back!
Don’t expect love in return, just wait for it
to grow in their heart.
But if it doesn’t, be content it grew in yours.
给一个人你全部的爱也绝不能保证
那个人也会爱你!
不要指望爱必有回报，静静等待
爱在对方的心里萌发。
倘若没有萌发，
也要为它曾在你心里萌发过而感到满足。

Love comes
To those who still hope
although they’ve been disappointed;
To those who still believe
although they’ve been betrayed;
To those who still need to love
although they’ve been hurt before.
真有爱心的人是那些
对生活仍怀着希望的人,尽管他们失望过；
对人仍存着信任的人,尽管他们被背叛过；
仍要去爱的人,尽管他们被伤害过。

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone, and a day to love
someone--but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
迷上一个人只需一分钟，
喜欢一个人只需一小时，
爱上一个人需要一天，
可要忘却一个人却需要终生的时间。

Don’t go for looks, they can deceive;
Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
Because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
不要追求外貌，外貌常常迷惑人；
不要追求财富，千金终究会散尽。
寻求能使你微笑的人，
因为一个微笑就可使阴沉的一天变得明朗。

To love someone is
to let those we love be just themselves,
and not twist them with our own image.
Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves
we find in them.
爱一个人是让我们所爱的人
保持自己的个性，
而不是按照我们自己的形象
来扭曲他们的天性。
否则我们所爱的只是
投射在所爱之人身上自己的影子。