signs of love 爱的迹象
if amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways,
soft languors, courteously controlled desire,
and virtuous will, kindled with noble fire,
and lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze;
if thoughts, which evermore the brow displays,
or words that faint and brokenly suspire,
still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher
than the pale violet hath, or love displays;
if holding some one than one's self more dear,
if sorrowing and sighing evermore,
if chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross,
if burning far away, and freezing near,
are signs that love consumes me to the core,
yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss.
假如爱的迹象是深情的信念, 纯真的心灵,
柔和而又恬静, 礼貌地控制着的欲念,
在高贵的火焰里燃烧的美好的意愿,
还有在黑暗的道路上漫长的旅行;
假如爱的迹象是眉头上显露的思绪,
或是由于受到恐惧和羞涩的羁绊,
使话语变成了凌乱而又微弱的感叹,
是爱情显现出的紫罗兰一样的淡意;
假如爱的迹象是关心他人胜过自我,
是无穷无尽的悲伤和叹息,
是咀嚼着痛苦、愤怒和悲哀;
假如爱的迹象是在远处燃烧, 在近处冻结,
那么我的身心已经被爱情销蚀,
姑娘啊, 这就是你的过错和我的失败.
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