And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
并肩站立,却不要靠得太近:神殿的柱子彼此分立,橡树与柏树也不在彼此的阴影下生长。
— Kahlil Gibran · The Prophet (1923) · On Marriage —
And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
并肩站立,却不要靠得太近:神殿的柱子彼此分立,橡树与柏树也不在彼此的阴影下生长。