One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley.
一天，有個年輕人站在市中心，向落忍聲稱他擁有這個地區最完美的一顆心。
A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.There was not a mark or a flaw in it.Yes,they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen .They young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
很多人聚集起來，大家都感嘆于年輕人那顆完整無缺的心，那的確是一顆無任何疤痕和瑕疵的心。大家都承認這確實是他們所見到過的最完整無缺的心。年輕人很自豪，因此更大聲地炫耀著自己的心。
Suddenly,an old man appeared at the front of the crowed and said,"Why your heart is not nearlyas beautiful as mine."The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart.It was heating strongly,but full of scars,it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in,but they didn’t fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.In fact,in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces missing.
突然，人群里走出一位老人，說道：“你的心不及我的完美，你知道為什么嗎?”圍觀者和年輕人都看著老人那顆跳動有力，但是千瘡百孔的心，老人的心被割去很多塊然后又補上一些并不完全匹配的塊，有幾處邊緣還出現鋸齒，而有些地方甚至出現缺口，整塊心都不見了。
The people stared,How can he say his heart is more beautiful ?They thought,The young man looked at old man’s heart and saw and laughted.:You must bejoking,"he said,"Compare your heart with mine,mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears,"
圍觀者面面相覷，納悶著老人為什么還認為他的心是最完美的。年輕人看到了老人的心的樣子，笑著說：“你肯定是在開玩笑吧，和你相比，我的心才是完整無缺的，可你的心有那么多的傷疤和裂口。”
"Yes,"said the old man,"Yours is perfect looking but I would never with you.You see,every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love-I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empey place in my heart,but because the pieces aren’t exact,I have some rough edges,which I cherish,because they remind me of the love e shared .Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away,and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of his heart to me .These are the empty gouges-giving love is taking a chance,Although these gouges are painful,they stay open,reminding me of the love I have for these people too,and I hope somedy they may return and fill the space I have been waiting .So now do you see what true beauty is ?"
“沒錯”，老人回答，“你的心看起來是完整無缺的，但我不會拿我的心和你交換，你知道，我心上的每一道疤痕代表著我愛過的一個人，我將我的心的一部分贈與他們，大多數情況下他們會回贈給我他們的心的一部分，我因此可以填補我心上的缺口;但因為我們的心的大小并不一致，我的心因此出現了一些不整齊的毛邊，我很珍惜這些毛邊，因為這讓我想起我們對彼此的愛。但有時也有人并不回贈我給出的心，因此形成了你們所看到的缺口。因此，愛的付出是一種冒險。盡管這個缺口讓我覺得痛苦，但它們讓我知道，我仍然愛著那些人，仍希望有一天他們會回贈我的愛，填滿我心中的缺口。現在，你明白真正的美是什么了嗎?”
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks,He walked up to the old man,reached into his perfect young and eautiful heart,and ripped a piece out.He
offered it to the old man with trembling hands.
年輕人驚呆了，流著眼淚，他走近老人，顫抖著雙手將自己完好無缺的心的一部分贈送給老人。
The old man took his offering,placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old srarred heart and placed it in the would in the young man’s heart .It fit,but not perfectlt ,as there were some jagged edges.
老人接受了年輕人的贈與，并將自己疤痕累累的心的一部分贈與年輕人，填補他的心的缺口，因為彼此的心的邊緣并不吻合，缺口填補得并不是很完好。
The young man looked at his heart,not pergect anymore but more beautiful than ever,since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
年輕人端詳著自己的心，盡管不再完好無缺，但卻比以前更加漂亮，因為老人心中的愛開始在他心中流淌。
They embraced and walked away side by side.
老人和年輕人擁抱之后，肩并肩一起離開了。
