[导读]埃德娜圣文森特米莱(Edna St．Vincent Millay 18921950)美国女诗人 年轻时过着放浪的生活,不知道珍惜情感,到头来得不到真爱。冷雨敲窗,夜游的鬼魂跳荡,枯树独立寒冬,好不凄惨! 哀怨不止,悔恨无尽,这爱情的绝唱动人心魄、发人深醒......



What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)

----by Edna St. Vincent Millay





What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,

I have forgotten, and what arms have lain

Under my head till morning; but the rain

Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh

Upon the glass and listen for reply,

And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain

For unremembered lads that not again

Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.

Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,

Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,

Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:

I cannot say what loves have come and gone,

I only know that summer sang in me

A little while, that in me sings no more.



[注释]

stir：To be roused or affected by strong feelings:

激动：被强烈的感情激发或影响：

"His wrath so stirred within him, that he could have struck him dead"(Charles Dickens)

"愤怒在他的心中澎湃，简直想把他打死"(查尔斯狄更斯)

lad：A young man; a youth.年轻人；小伙子



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我的唇都吻过谁的唇，何时何地，又因何而起？

－－埃德娜圣文森特米莱



我的唇都吻过谁的唇，何时何地，

又因何而起？我还曾枕过谁的手臂

直至天明？如今，我已毫无记忆。

但这夜雨鬼影重重，敲打著窗玻璃，

似乎在等待回音，在轻声叹息。

那个我已忘记的少年，在深夜里

再也不会翻身面向我。静静地，

我的心在疼，抑制不住哭泣。

孤寂的树，挺立在如此的寒冬里

尽管不懂，为何小鸟在一只只离去，

却能够感到它的枝干，越来越沉寂：

我说不出为何，爱情来了又去，

我所知道的只是，我心中的夏天，

曾经歌声嘹亮，如今已无声无息。

最后由 君君_1983 于 2006-08-21 20:36 编辑


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