IF THOU MUST LOVE ME
If 1)thou must love me, let it be for 2)nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
'I love her for her smile...her look...her way
Of speaking gently,...for 3)a trick of thought
That 4)falls in well with mine, and 5)certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day' -
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for 6)thee, - and love, so 7)wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
8)Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,
Since one might well forget to weep, who bore
9)Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby.
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.
如果你爱我
如果你爱我，就无条件地爱吧，
只为爱而爱。不要说
"我爱她是因为她的微笑，她的容颜，
她的轻言细语，为了她思想的习惯
正合乎我的心意，那天，的确
给我带来满怀的喜悦和舒畅。"
亲爱的，这些好景都不能常在，
会因你而改变，-而那么完美的爱
也将这样失色。爱我，也不要因为你
怜惜地给我揩干了泪腮，
因为一个人会忘了哭泣，当她久受你
温柔的安慰-却因此失去你的爱。
为爱而爱我，那么
你就能继续地爱，让爱永恒。
1) thou pron. [古]汝，尔，你
2) nought n. 无，徒然
3) a trick of 习惯，癖好
4) fall in with 同意，赞成
5) certes ad. [古]必然
6) thee pron. [古] [thou的宾格]你，汝
7) wrought a. 精炼的；装饰的；激动的，兴奋的
8) thine pron. [古] [thou的所有格]你的
9) thy pron. [古][ thou的所有格]你的