EBB白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗集第二首

*02.EB 白朗宁夫人Elizabeth Browning 1806-1861
　　抒情十四行诗集第二首

　　1可是在上帝的全宇宙里，总共才只
　　But only three in all God's universe
　　2三个人听见了你那句话：除了
　　Have heard this word thou hast said, -- Himself, beside
　　3讲话的你、听话的我，就是他－－
　　Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied
　　4上帝自己！我们中间还有一个
　　One of us ... _that_ was God, ... and laid the curse
　　5出来答话；那昏黑的诅咒落上
　　So darkly on my eyelids, as to amerce
　　6我的眼皮，挡了你，不让我看见，
　　My sight from seeing thee, -- that if I had died,
　　7就算我瞑了目，放上沉沉的“压眼钱”，
　　The death-weights, placed there, would have signified
　　8也不至于那么彻底隔绝。唉，
　　Less absolute exclusion. `Nay' is worse

　　9比谁都厉害，上帝的那一声“不行！”
　　From God than from all others, O my friend!
　　10要不然，世俗的诽谤离间不了我们，
　　Men could not part us with their worldly jars,
　　11任风波飞扬，也不能动摇那坚贞；
　　Nor the seas change us, nor the tempests bend;
　　12我们的手要伸过山岭，互相接触；
　　Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars
　　13有那么一天，天空滚到我俩中间，
　　And, heaven being rolled between us at the end,
　　14我俩向星辰起誓，还要更加握紧。
　　We should but vow the faster for the stars.