What is the complete version of Ji Bolun's poems for children?

Author: Lebanese-American poet Ji Bolun.

Your child is not your child.

Your child is not your child.

They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for themselves.

But life longs for its children.

They came through you, but not from you,

They were born through you, but not you,

Although they are with you, they don't belong to you.

Although they are with you, they don't belong to you.

You can give them your love, but not your thoughts.

Give them your love, not your thoughts,

Because they have their own ideas.

Because they have their own ideas.

You can accommodate their bodies, but you can't accommodate their souls.

Provide housing for their bodies, but don't imprison their hearts.

Because their souls live in tomorrow's house, which is where you can't dream of going.

Because their hearts belong to tomorrow, which you never dreamed of.

You can try to be like them, but don't try to make them like you.

You can try to be like them,

Because life will not go backwards, nor will it stay yesterday.

But don't try to make them look like you,

Because life will not go backwards, nor will it stay yesterday.

You are bows, and your children are arrows of life from bows.

You are the bow that shoots the arrow of a child's life,

The shooter saw the sign on the infinite road,

Archers aim at the target on endless roads,

He bends you with his strength and makes his arrows shoot fast and far.

He tried his best to drive you away so that his arrow could shoot fast and far.

Let you bend happily in the hands of archers;

Let you bend in the archer's palm to please him,

Because just as he loves flying arrows, he also loves a steady bow.

Because he loves to fly arrows and bow.

Extended data:

Ji Bolun's literary works present a sacred "apocalypse" form as a whole, with fables and wisdom literature full of fraternity and philosophy of life as the main body;

Prose poetry (a kind of poetry) is a common genre form, which directly describes and expresses opinions with the first person "I";

Just like a knowledgeable and wise "prophet" earnestly teaches and comforts the world, which makes the narrator of his literary work "I" and the creator of Ji Bolun almost integrated.