Audiobook Dictation: “I was as a gem concealed…”

"I was as a gem concealed; Me my burning ray revealed." Koran.

「我曾如一顆深藏的寶石；我熾熱的光芒將我顯露。」——《古蘭經》

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfilments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

靈魂的每一個許諾都有無數次的實現；它的每一份喜悅都會成熟為新的渴求。

Nature, uncontainable, flowing, forelooking, in the first sentiment of kindness anticipates already a benevolence which shall lose all particular regards in its general light.

自然無可容納、奔流不息、高瞻遠矚，在最初的柔情之中，便已預示了一種博愛，那博愛將在其普照之光中消融一切個別的眷顧。

The delicious fancies of youth reject the least savor of a mature philosophy, as chilling with age and pedantry their purple bloom.

青春的美妙幻想排斥成熟哲理的哪怕一絲氣息，認為它會以老成與迂腐冷卻自己紫色的花朵。

And therefore I know I incur the imputation of unnecessary hardness and stoicism from those who compose the Court and Parliament of Love.

因此我知道，那些組成愛情宮廷與愛情議會的人會指責我無謂地冷酷與禁慾。

But from these formidable censors I shall appeal to my seniors.

但面對這些可畏的審查者，我將向比我年長的人申訴。