英语诗：如果爱是我的

If Love Were Mine

By Annette Wynne

作者: 安妮特·韦恩

If love were mine, if love were mine,

如果爱属于我，如果爱属于我，

I know what I would do,

我知道我会怎么做，

I'd take it, spare it,

我会接受它，珍惜它，

Give it, share it,

给予它，分享它，

Lend it, spend it, too.

出借它，也挥霍它。

If beauty I could claim for mine,

如果美丽可以被我据为己有，

To hold, to cherish, too,

去拥有，也去珍爱，

I'd strive to spread it,

我会努力传播它，

Pour it, shed it,

倾洒它，播撒它，

Till it flowed the whole world through.

直到它流淌遍整个世界。

But toil, just common toil, is mine;

但辛苦，仅仅是平常的辛苦，是我的；

And so what I shall do

所以我要做的是

Is strive to take it,

努力接受它，

Carve it, make it,

雕琢它，塑造它，

Into love and beauty, too.

使其也成为爱与美。

翻译：豆包

整理：2024年9月1日于茶马古城