白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗第二首

白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗集第二首 可是在上帝的全宇宙里，总共才只 But only three in all God's universe 三个人听见了你那句话：除了 Have heard this word thou hast said, -- Himself, beside 讲话的你、听话的我，就是他－－ Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied 上帝自己！我们中间还有一个 One of us ... _that_ was God, ... and laid the curse 出来答话；那昏黑的诅咒落上 So darkly on my eyelids, as to amerce 我的眼皮，挡了你，不让我看见， My sight from seeing thee, -- that if I had died, 就算我瞑了目，放上沉沉的“压眼钱”， The death-weights, placed there, would have signified 也不至于那么彻底隔绝。唉， Less absolute exclusion. `Nay' is worse 比谁都厉害，上帝的那一声“不行！” From God than from all others, O my friend! 要不然，世俗的诽谤离间不了我们， Men could not part us with their worldly jars, 任风波飞扬，也不能动摇那坚贞； Nor the seas change us, nor the tempests bend; 我们的手要伸过山岭，互相接触； Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars 有那么一天，天空滚到我俩中间， And, heaven being rolled between us at the end, 我俩向星辰起誓，还要更加握紧。 We should but vow the faster for the stars.