“and been reminded of some home truths”，大概也可译作“温习了一堂现实的功课”。

翻译诗歌，和翻译歌曲一样，最痛苦。 我就尝试一下。蹩脚翻译功夫。见笑了。 *** 家，总不在我们 思绪的远处， 尽管。。。 即使已经透支、疲乏， 并且领受那现实冷水， 我们却晓得， 总有一天，我们 依然。。。 我们不放弃探索。 而，这旅程的终点 就是抵达启程之处 并且 终于初次 认识这个地方

Hi Cady, these lines are from TS Eliot's poem Four Quartets which is a series of four poems published individually from 1936 to 1942, and in book form in 1943; the work is considered to be Eliot's masterpiece. Each of the quartets has five "movements" and each is titled by a place name--BURNT NORTON (1936), EAST COKER (1940), THE DRY SALVAGES (1941), and LITTLE GIDDING (1942). The lines you mentioned are from Little Gidding which contains Eliot's insights into the cyclical nature of life are revealed through themes and images deftly woven throughout the four poems. The quoted lines address the connections of the personal and historical present and past, spiritual renewal, and the very nature of experience; it is considered the poet's clearest exposition of his Christian beliefs

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方方正正亮亮堂堂- ryoko623 - 网易博客 - Home is never far from our thoughts, though. ... Even though we've overreached (and overborrowed), and been reminded of some home truths, we know that one day we'll ... We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring. Will be to arrive where we started. And know the place for the first time. ... ryoko623.blog.163.com/