我和你一样有灵魂

英文原文

Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you—and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!

中文译文

你以为我能留下来，对你来说变得无足轻重吗？你以为我是一台自动机器吗？一台没有感情的机器？能容忍别人把我的一口面包从嘴边抢走，把我的一滴生命之水从杯里泼掉？你以为，因为我贫穷、低微、不美、矮小，我就没有灵魂、没有心吗？你想错了！我的灵魂跟你的一样，我的心也跟你的一样丰富！要是上帝赐给我一点美貌和大量财富，我也会让你难以离开我，就像我现在难以离开你一样。我现在跟你说话，不是通过习俗和常规，甚至也不是通过血肉之躯；是我的灵魂在跟你的灵魂说话，就像我们两人都已穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等；我们本来就是平等的！