A Dedicationto My Wife
[英]托馬斯·斯特爾那斯·艾略特
Thomas Stearns Eliot
我的歡欣雀躍歸功於你，
它讓我清醒時感覺更加靈敏，
讓統治著我們睡眠的節奏更具韻律，
讓我們的呼吸協調均勻。
愛人感受著彼此身上的氣息，
他們心靈相通，無須語言，
那喃喃的話語卻不帶任何意義。
冬天暴烈的寒風無法凍僵，
熱帶酷熱的陽光無法摧殘，
那僅屬於我們園中的玫瑰。
可這獻詞是給別人看的：
是我當眾對你說的私語。
To Whom I owe the leaping delight，
That quickens my senses in our wakingtime，
And the rhythm that governs the response of our sleepingtime，
The breathing in unison.
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other，
Who think the same thoughts without need of speech，
And babble the speech without need of meaning.
No peevish winter wind shall chill，
No sullen tropic sun shall wither，
The roses in the rose-garden which is ours and ours only.
But this dedication is for others to read：
These are private words addressed to you in public.