I Do Not Love Thee
[愛爾蘭]卡羅琳·伊麗莎白·薩拉·諾頓
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
我不愛你!——不!我並不愛你!
但你離去,我仍會傷心,
你頭上的晴空,我也心生嫉妒,
寧靜的星辰看到你,也那麽開心。
我不愛你!——原因不得而知,
在我看來,你所做的一切都是那麽完美,
我常常獨自歎息,
我的愛人無法與你媲美!
我不愛你!——但當你離去
我便憎恨那聲音(雖然那麽甜蜜)
它卻打亂了這繞梁不絕的餘音,
你音樂般美妙的聲音縈繞在我耳邊。
我不愛你!——你那雙會說話的眼睛
深邃,明亮,帶著極富表現力的碧藍,
頻繁升起在我午夜的蒼穹
我所見的任何眼睛也不及此。
我知道我並不愛你!但是,唉!
我坦率的真誠卻無人相信;
我常會發覺人們微笑而過,
因為他們看到我正凝視著你。
I do not love thee!—no!I do not love thee!
And yet when thou art absent I am sad;
And envy even the bright blue sky above thee,
Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad.
I do not love thee!—yet, I know not why,
Whate'er thou dost seems still well done, to me:
And often in my solitude I sigh
That those I do love are not more like thee!
I do not love thee!—yet, when thou art gone,
I hate the sound (though those who speak be dear)
Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone
Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.
I do not love thee!—yet thy speaking eyes,
With their deep, bright, and most expressive blue,
Between me and the midnight heaven arise,
Oftener than any eyes I ever knew.
I know I do not love thee!yet, alas!
Others will scarcely trust my candid heart;