IF THOU MUST LOVE ME

IF THOU MUST LOVE ME
If 3)thou must love me, let it be for 4)nought





Except for love's sake only. Do not say



'I love her for her smile...her look...her way



Of speaking gently,...for 5)a trick of thought



That 6)falls in well with mine, and 7)certes brought



A sense of pleasant ease on such a day' -



For these things in themselves, Beloved, may



Be changed, or change for 8)thee, - and love, so 9)wrought,



May be unwrought so. Neither love me for



10)Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,



Since one might well forget to weep, who bore



11)Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby.



But love me for love's sake, that evermore



Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.






如果你愛我






如果你愛我，就無條件地愛吧，



只為愛而愛。不要說



"我愛她是因為她的微笑，她的容顏，



她的輕言細語，為了她思想的習慣



正合乎我的心意，那天，的確



給我帶來滿懷的喜悅和舒暢。"



親愛的，這些好景都不能常在，



會因你而改變，-而那麼完美的愛



也將這樣失色。愛我，也不要因為你



憐惜地給我揩乾了淚腮，



因為一個人會忘了哭泣，當她久受你



溫柔的安慰-卻因此失去你的愛。



為愛而愛我，那麼



你就能繼續地愛，讓愛永恆。






3) thou  pron. [古]汝，爾，你     



4) nought n. 無，徒然         



5) a trick of 習慣，癖好



6) fall in with 同意，贊成              



7) certes  ad. [古]必然  



8) thee  pron. [古] [thou的賓格]你，汝         



9) wrought  a. 精鍊的；裝飾的；激動的，興奮的



10) thine  pron. [古] [thou的所有格]你的   



11) thy  pron. [古][ thou的所有格]你的
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