双语读诗|Count That Day Lost 找出失去的一天

                            George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

If you sit down at set of sun

假如你坐在夕阳下

And count the acts that you have done,

回想一天所为，

And, counting, find

思虑着，你会发现

One self-denying deed, one word

一个无私的举动，一句话

That eased the heart of him who heard,

都会在听者心中留下安慰，

One glance most kind

可爱的一瞥

That fell like sunshine where it went

让所到之处洒满阳光

Then you may count that day well spent.

你便知道这是有意义的一天。

But if, through all the livelong day,

但如果，整整一天

You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay

你彷徨不决，不曾为给一颗心带去欢乐

If, through it all

如果整整一天

You've nothing done that you can trace

你想不出任何值得回忆的事

That brought the sunshine to one face

没有为另一张面孔带去阳光

No act most small

甚至连小小的付出都没有

That helped some soul and nothing cost

没有去帮助任何人

Then countthat day as worse than lost.

那这一天比失去还糟糕。