良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒

良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。在沟通交流的時候，多做那个暖冬的人。

良言恶语的不同，世界通行。奉上一首自译，英译中，关于良言恶语。

语焉窗兮辞为墻

语焉窗兮，辞为牆矣

窗通自由，牆困无计

听者虑疑，说者何意

说者唇焦，听者遑恐

语境无偏？辞句达意？

语焉窗兮，辞为牆矣

窗通自由，牆困无计

愛由心生，推人如己

珠玑如玉，宽听容解

开窗拆牆，兩心印意

～译自～

Words are Windows (Or They’re Walls), a poem by Ruth Bebermeyer

I feel so sentenced by your words

I feel so judged and sent away

Before I go I got to know

Is that what you mean to say?

Before I rise to my defense,

Before I speak in hurt or fear,

Before I build that wall of words,

Tell me, did I really hear?

Words are windows, or they’re walls,

They sentence us, or set us free.

When I speak and when I hear,

Let the love light shine through me.

There are things I need to say,

Things that mean so much to me,

If my words don’t make me clear,

Will you help me to be free?

If I seemed to put you down,

If you felt I didn’t care,

Try to listen through my words

To the feelings that we share.

~ Ruth Bebermeyer(from the book Nonviolent Communication – A Language of Life)