关于时间的优美英文文章？
时间,在艺术创作与设计中,占据着重要的位置,许多艺术家都尝试着利用时间的因素去进行创作或者通过创作来表现对时间的观念。下面是我带来的，欢迎阅读!
1
生命在时间的土壤里成长
Thomas Mann
托马斯.曼
What I believe, what I value most, is transitoriness.
短暂是我的信仰，也是我认为最重要的东西。
But is not transitoriness - the perishableness of life - something very sad? No! It is the very soul of existence. It imparts value, dignity, interest to life. Transitoriness creates time - and "time is the essence." Potentially at least, time is the supreme, most useful gift.
然而短暂，如生命的消逝，不是非常哀伤的事情吗?不!它正是生命存在的精髓。它赋予了生命价值、尊严和情趣。短暂创造了时间——而“时间正是其本质”。至少，时间是至高的，是最有用的礼物。
Time is related to - yes, identical with - everything creative and active, every process toward a higher goal.
时间与所有富有创造力和活力的事物，及每一个达到更高目标的进步息息相关——是的，它甚至等同于这一切。
Without transitoriness, without beginning or end, birth or death, there is no time, either. Timelessness - in the sense of time never ending, never beginning - is a stagnant nothing. It is absolutely uninteresting.
没有短暂，没有开始与结束、生与死，时间也就不复存在。永恒是毫无意义的停滞，它意味着时间永远没有结束，也永远没有开始，绝对令人乏味。
Life is possessed by tremendous tenacity. Even so its presence remains conditional, and as it had a beginning, so it will have an end. I believe that life, just for this reason, is exceedingly enhanced in value, in charm.
生命顽强无比。即便如此，它的存在也依赖于一定的条件，正如它有始亦有终。也因如此，我坚信，生命的价值与魅力将会不断地增长。
One of the most important characteristics distinguishing man from all other forms of nature is his knowledge of transitoriness, of beginning and end, and therefore of the gift of time.
人同自然界其他事物之间最重要的区别之一就是，人懂得短暂、始与终，所以也了解时间是一种恩赐。
In man transitory life attains its peak of animation, of soul power, so to speak. This does not mean alone would have a soul. Soul quality pervades all beings. But man's soul is most awake in his knowledge of the interchangeability of the term "existence" and "transitoriness".
可以这么说，在人身上，短暂的生命达到了其活力与精神力量的巅峰。这并不是说只有人拥有灵魂。万物皆有灵性。但是对于“存在”与“短暂”的可互换性，只有人的大脑才能最清楚地意识到。
To man time is given like a piece of land, as it were, entrusted to him for faithful tilling; a space in which to strive incessantly, achieve self-realization, more onward and upward. Yes, with the aid of time, man bees capable of wresting the immortal from the mortal.
对于人类来说，时间就如赐予的一片土地，等待他去辛勤耕种;是一个让他不断奋斗进取，实现自我价值，不断前进向上的空间。是的，在时间的帮助下，人可以从有限的生命中获得永恒。
Deep down, I believe - and deem such belief natural to every human soul - that in the university prime significance must be attributed to this earth of ours. Deep down I believe that creation of the universe out of nothingness and of life out of inorganic state ultimately aimed at the creation of man. I believe that man is meant as a great experiment whose possible failure of man's own guilt would be paramount to the failure of creation itself.
在内心深处，我相信宇宙中最为重要的当属我们的地球，并认为这样的信念存在于每一个人的心中。从内心深处，我相信混沌中宇宙的创造，无机中生命的萌芽，最终都是为了创造人类。我相信人类本身便是一项伟大的实验，它可能会因人类自身的罪恶而失败，但这也成为创造本身最主要的失败。
Whether this belief be true or not, man would be well advised if he behaved as though it were.
无论这个信仰是否真实，人类如果能依此行事，将会获得更为有益的忠告。
2
逝去的时光留在记忆里
All you remember about your child being an infant is the incredible awe you felt about the precious miracle you created. You remember having plenty of time to bestow all your wisdom and knowledge. You wished for your child to hurry and grow up.
当你的孩子是个婴儿时，你所记得的，是你对自己创造出的堪称完美奇迹的作品，感到不可思议的敬畏。你记得你有大量的时间去传授你所有的智慧和知识。你多希望你的孩子快快长大。
All you remember about your child being two is never using the restroom alone or getting to watch a movie without talking animals. You remember worrying about the bag of M&M’s melting in your pocket and ruining your good dress. You wished for your child to be more independent.
孩子两岁时，你所记得的，是从不能独自使用卫生间，从不看一部与动物无关的电影。你记得你担心那袋M&M巧克力糖会在你的衣兜里融化，毁了你体面的衣服。你多希望你的孩子更独立些。
All you remember about your child being five is the first day of school and finally having the house to yourself. You remember joining the PTA ,you remember being asked "Is Santa real?" and saying "yes", because he had to be for a little bit longer.
孩子5岁时，你所记得的，是他上学第一天你终于独自拥有整个房子了。你记得参加家长与教师联络会，你记得孩子问你“圣诞老人是真的吗?”你回答“是的”，因为他还需要你的肯定回答，尽管不久他就能自己判断了。
All you remember about your child being seven is the carpooi schedule. You considered painting your car yellow and posting a "taxi" sign on the lawn next to the garage door. You remember people staring at you, the few times you were out of the car, because you kept flexing your foot and making acceleration noises. You wished for the day your child would learn how to drive.
孩子7岁时，你所记得的，是合伙用车的时间安排。你想过把你的车子漆成黄色，并在车库门旁的草坪上立一个“计程车”的标志牌。你记得有几次你下车后，人们盯着你，因为你不断用脚踩油门加速，制造噪音。你多希望孩子有一天能学会开车。
All you remember about your child being twelve is sitting in the stands during baseball practice and hoping your child's team would strike out fast because you had more important things to do at home. The coach didn't understand how busy you were. You wished the baseball season would be over soon.
孩子12岁时，你所记得的，是孩子在体育场打棒球练习赛时，你坐在看台上希望你孩子所在的队很快三击不中出局，因为家里还有更重要的事等你去做。教练不明白你为什么那么忙。你多希望棒球赛季能尽快结束。
All you remember about your child being fourteen is being asked not to stop the car in front of the school in the morning. You had to drive two blocks further and unlock the doors without ing to a plete stop. You remember not getting to kiss your child goodbye or talking to him in front of his friends. You wished your child would be more mature.
孩子14岁时，你所记得的，是他不让你早晨把汽车停在校门口。你不得不开过两个街区，车还没停稳就赶紧开启车门。你记得没能在他的朋友面前跟他吻别或说话。你多希望孩子能更成熟些。
All you remember about your child being sixteen is loud music and undecipherable lyrics screamed to a rhythmic beat. You wished for your child to grow up and leave home with the stereo.
孩子16岁时，你所记得的，是吵闹的音乐和以富有节奏的拍子尖声唱出的难以听懂的歌词。你多希望孩子快点长大成人，带着音响离开家吧。
孩子18岁时，你所记得的，是他们出生的那一天，拥有世间所有的时光。
And, as you walk through your quiet house, you wonder where they went and you wish your child hadn't grown up so fast.
当你在静静的房子里走来走去时纳闷他们去哪里了一一你多希望孩子别这么快就长大了。
