愛的更多的那人

 

文/奧登

 

仰望着群星，我很清楚，

即便我下了地獄，它們也不會在乎，

但在這塵世，人或獸類的無情

我們最不必去擔心。

當星辰以一種我們無以回報的

激情燃燒着，我們怎能心安理得？

倘若愛不可能有對等，

願我是愛得更多的那人。

自認的仰慕者如我這般，

星星們都不會瞧上一眼，

此刻看着它們，我不能

說自己整天思念着一個人。

倘若星辰都已殞滅或消失無蹤，

我會學着觀看一個空無的天穹

並感受它全然暗黑的莊嚴，

儘管這會花去我些許的時間。

 

1957年

 

馬鳴謙 蔡海燕 譯

The More Loving One



Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

But on earth indifference is the least

We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn

With a passion for us we could not return?

If equal affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am

Of stars that do not give a damn,

I cannot, now I see them, say

I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,

I should learn to look at an empty sky

And feel its total dark sublime,

Though this might take me a little time