Youth

[00:00.00]Youth is not a time of life;#
青春不是年华，#

[00:02.90]it is a state of mind;#
而是心境;#

[00:04.84]it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees;#
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，#

[00:10.53]it is a matter of the will,#
而是深沉的意志，#

[00:12.26]a quality of the imagination, and a vigor of the emotions;#
恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情;#

[00:16.77]it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.#
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。#

[00:20.90]Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,#
青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，#

[00:26.45]of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.#
进取压倒苟安。#

[00:30.48]This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.#
如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。#

[00:36.47]Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.#
年岁有加，并非垂老。#

[00:40.65]We grow old by deserting our ideals.#
理想丢弃，方堕暮年。#

[00:44.14]Years may wrinkle the skin,#
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;#

[00:46.92]but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.#
热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。#

[00:50.71]Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.#
忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。#

[00:58.34]Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder,#
无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，#

[01:05.37]the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living.#
孩童般天真久盛不衰。#

[01:11.64]In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station:#
人人心中皆有一台天线，#

[01:17.39]so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage#
只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气#

[01:24.40]and power from men and from the Infinite,#
和力量的信号，#

[01:27.88]so long are you young.#
你就青春永驻，风华常存。#

[01:30.02]When the aerials are down,#
一旦天线下降，#

[01:32.39]and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,#
锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，#

[01:37.81]then you are grown old, even at 20,#
即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣#

[01:41.16]but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism,#
然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，#

[01:46.25]there is hope you may die young at 80.#
你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。