John Donne经典爱情诗歌:情人之无限 Lovers' Infiniteness

IF yet I have not all thy love,

如果我还不曾得到你的全部的爱，

Dear, I shall never have it all ;

这全部我将永远无法获取；

I cannot breathe one other sigh, to move,

我不能吐出另一声动人的磋叹，

Nor can intreat one other tear to fall ;

也不能让另外一滴眼泪滚落，

And all my treasure, which should purchase thee,

叹息，眼泪，誓辞，一封封情书，

Sighs, tears, and oaths, and letters I have spent ;

这些原应换取你的珍宝已是白费，

Yet no more can be due to me,

而假如你的爱不肯全部付出，

Than at the bargain made was meant.

只是按照交易定下的份额分配，

If then thy gift of love were partial,

既分给我一些，又匀给别人一些，

That some to me, some should to others fall,

你的这份爱的礼物碎损残缺，

Dear, I shall never have thee all.

亲爱的，我永远无法全部获得。

Or if then thou gavest me all,

而你如果把全部的爱赐与了我，

All was but all, which thou hadst then ;

那也不过是从前的全部爱，

But if in thy heart since there be or shall

假如有别的男子向你的芳心潜入，

New love created be by other men,

让你现在或将来产生新的爱，

Which have their stocks entire, and can in tears,

他们的资本齐全，更能在眼泪，叹息

In sighs, in oaths, and letters, outbid me,

誓辞，和情书上满足你的虚荣，

This new love may beget new fears,

那新的爱会导致新的惊悸，

For this love was not vow'd by thee.

因为这种爱背离了你的初衷。

And yet it was, thy gift being general ;

既然如此，你的礼物对众人广施，

The ground, thy heart, is mine ; what ever shall

你的芳心属我，无论这土地上生长什么，

Grow there, dear, I should have it all.

我都应该拥有那全部。

Yet I would not have all yet.

但就此得到全部井非我之所愿，

He that hath all can have no more ;

因为一经获取便不再会增添，

And since my love doth every day admit

既然我的爱每天都有新的进展，

New growth, thou shouldst have new rewards in store ;

你也得为此准备下新的酬谢，

Thou canst not every day give me thy heart,

你不能每天都交给我一颗心，

If thou canst give it, then thou never gavest it ;

倘若说能给出，便意味前此的不是。

Love's riddles are, that though thy heart depart,

爱情真是个谜团，尽管你的已出门，

It stays at home, and thou with losing savest it ;

却依然在家，拣回也就是丢失；

But we will have a way more liberal,

可是我们的办法却更为变通，

Than changing hearts, to join them ; so we shall

无须换心，只要将两颗心儿合拢，

Be one, and one another's all.

便能将对方的全部拥入怀中。