|
从前，有一位东方女皇，名叫莱拉•拉尼。她聪明睿智，把王国治理得富足繁荣。 一天，朝里的一位大臣朝觐她。大臣一脸悲伤地说： “伟大的女皇，在我们的国土之上，你是最聪明最伟大最强大的女人。但是我去全国各地云游时，却听到一些关于您的令人心烦的事情。我每到一个地方，大多数人都是称赞您的，但是也有一些人说您的坏话。他们拿您开玩笑，抱怨您做出的一些明智的决定。为什么这些人会这样诋毁您的统治呢？" 莱拉•拉尼笑着说:“我忠诚的大臣，这就像王国里的人一样，你知道我为所有的人所做的事情。我管辖着几个地区，每一个地区都取得了进步，一派繁荣景象。在这些地区，人们因为我的公正而爱戴我。你是对的，我可以做很多事情，我可以下令把巨大的城门关上，但是有一件事我却无法做到：我不能阻止人们表达他们自己的看法。人们谈论的我的事情，不管是坏的还是假的，都不是真正的问题。重要的是无论他们说什么，我都要造福人民。” An Eastern Queen There once lived an Eastern Queen named, Layla Rani. She was wise, clever, and had made her kingdom wealthy and prosperous. One day a minister from her court approached her with a sad face and said, “Oh great Queen! You are the wisest, greatest, and mightiest woman in our land, but I heard some disturbing things about you as I was traveling through this kingdom. Everywhere I went most people praised you, but some people spoke ill of you. They cracked jokes at your expense and complained about some wise decisions you have taken. Why do some speak this way against you and your governing?” Queen Layla Rani smiled and said, “My faithful minister, like every person in my kingdom, you know what I have accomplished for all of you. Several regions are under my control and each has achieved progress and prosperity. In these regions, people love me because of my justice. You are right, I can do many things. I can order the gigantic gates of my cities closed，but there is one thing I cannot do. I cannot stop the citizens from expressing their opinions. It is not really a question of what some people say about me, bad or untrue. What is important is that I do good despite what they say.，’ |
