Renouncement 绝交

Renouncement 绝交

Alice Meynell 梅内尔

陶永强 译

I must not think of thee; and tired yet strong,

I shun the thought that lurks in all delight–
The thought of thee

–and in the blue heaven’s height,
And in the sweetest passage of a song.
Oh, just beyond the fairest thoughts that throng
This breast, the thought of thee waits hidden yet bright;
But it must never, never come in sight;
I must stop short of thee the whole day long.

But when sleep comes to close each difficult day,
When night gives pause to the long watch I keep,
And all my bonds I needs must loose apart,
Must doff my will as raiment laid away, --
With the first dream that comes with the first sleep
I run, I run, I am gathered to thy heart.

不可思念你，我虽疲累却坚持：
弃绝那潜活于所有喜悦底情思—
想你

—在蓝天高处，
和在曲子最甜的歌词。
啊！在这怀抱诸美意之湄，
想你的心潜伏而流晖；
　

但是它万万不可出现，
我终日警惕，要却步于你的周围。

然而，当睡梦来结束困倦的一昼，
当黑夜让我从长久的守卫退下，
该得解开绷紧的束缚，
该得把戒心像衣裳脱下，
在梦乡之门开启的一刹，
载欣载奔，我已迎上你的心头。