勃朗宁夫人诗选第十一首

勃朗宁夫人诗选第十一首

《勃朗宁夫人诗集第十一首》

No. XI

And therefore if to love can be desert,

I am not all unworthy. Cheeks as pale

As these you see, and trembling knees that fail

To bear the burden of a heavy heart, —

This weary minstrel-life that once was girt

To climb Aornus, and can scarce avail

To pipe now 'gainst the valley nightingale

A melancholy music, —why advert

To these things? O Belovëd, itis plain

I am not of thy worth nor for thy place!

And yet, because I love thee, I obtain

From that same love this vindicating grace

To live on still in love, and yet in vain, —

To bless thee, yet renounce thee to thy face.

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因此，如果我还可以投身爱情，

说明我还不是毫无价值。

虽然双颊苍白，颤抖的双膝，

承受不住一颗沉重的心。

这令人厌倦的行吟歌手生涯也曾想追随亚历山大大帝，

要攀上奥纳斯山顶，但说到底还是忧郁的乐音，

不宜丝竹，如何能与山谷的夜莺齐鸣？

其实又何用提及这些事情，

噢，我的爱人，

一切都表明：我配不上你，

我怎能留在你身边？

但是呵，就因为我爱你，

为着这爱情，

它赐我爱的特权，

许我在爱情中生存，即便是徒然……

许我致予你祝福，

即便拒绝你在当面。

作者：勃朗宁夫人，张媛译