爱得更多的人 - 奥登(美音)

The More Loving One

by W. H. Auden

请跟英语兔我一起读:

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

仰望那些星辰, 我很清楚

That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

它们并不在意我会否受苦,

But on earth indifference is the least

但在大地上, 我们最不必

We have to dread from man or beast.

恐惧来自人和兽的冷漠.

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How should we like it were stars to burn

我们会有何感受, 如果星辰带着

With a passion for us we could not return?

我们无以回报的激情为我们燃烧?

If equal affection cannot be,

如果爱意不能等同,

Let the more loving one be me.

让我成为那个爱得更多的人.

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Admirer as I think I am

我想我爱慕

Of stars that do not give a damn,

那些漠不关心的星辰,

I cannot, now I see them, say

但现在看着它们, 我不能说

I missed one terribly all day.

我用整天深深思念了哪一颗.

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Were all stars to disappear or die,

如果所有星辰都要消亡,

I should learn to look at an empty sky

我要学会仰望空旷的天空,

And feel its total dark sublime,

感受它那彻底黑暗的壮丽,

Though this might take me a little time.

尽管我需要些许时间才能学会.