Seven Times Have I Despised My Soul

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.

第一次，当它本可以向前一步时，却犹豫徘徊；

The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.

第二次，当它在失败还没真的来临时，却已经垂头丧气；

The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.

第三次，当它有机会去选择困难和容易时，它选择了容易；

The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.

第四次，当它犯了错时，却宽慰自己别人也会犯同样的错；

The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

第五次，当它因无能而困倦时，却赞美自己能屈能伸；

The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.

第六次，当它鄙视别人的丑陋嘴脸时，却不知自己也是其中一员；

And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.

第七次，当它终于沦为平庸时，却以为自己始终不凡。

-- Translate By LeFer @ShangHai.2020