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Written by Kahlil Gibran   
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts, 
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, 
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, 
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, 
and He bends you with His might 
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, 
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
 
By Kahlil Gibran 
 
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In Portuguese:
 
Os Filhos 
Kahlil Gibran 
 
Vossos filhos não são vossos filhos. São os filhos da vida por si mesma.
Vêm através de vós, mas não de vós. E embora vivam convosco, não vos pertencem.
Podeis outorgar-lhes vosso amor, mas não vossos pensamentos, porque eles têm seus próprios pensamentos.
Podeis abrigar seus corpos, mas não suas almas; pois suas almas moram na mansão do amanhã, que vós não podeis visitar nem mesmo em sonho.
Podeis esforçar-vos por ser como eles, mas não procureis fazê-los como vós,
porque a vida não anda para trás e não se demora com os dias passados.
Vós sois os arcos dos quais vossos filhos são arremessados como flechas vivas.
O Arqueiro mira o alvo na senda do infinito e o estica com toda a sua força para que suas flechas se projetem, rápidas e para longe.
Que seu encurvamento na mão de Arqueiro seja vossa alegria.
Pois assim como o Arqueiro ama a flecha que voa, ama também o arco que permanece estável.
 

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