Count That Day Lost
[英]喬治·艾略特
George Eliot
假如你坐在夕陽下
回想一天的所為，
思慮著，你會發現
一個無私的舉動，一句話
都會在聽者心中留下安慰，
親切的一瞥
讓所到之處灑滿陽光——
你便知道這是有意義的一天。
但如果，整整一天
你猶豫不決，不曾為一顆心帶去歡樂——
如果整整一天
你想不出任何值得回憶的事。
沒有為另一張麵孔帶去陽光——
甚至連小小的付出都沒有，
沒有去幫助任何人——
那這一天比失去還糟糕。
If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done，
And， counting， find
One self-denying deed， one word
That eased the heart of him who heard，
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went—
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if， through all the livelong day，
You've cheered no heart， by yea or nay—
If， through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face—
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost—
Then count that day as worse than lost.