The Dream

夢魘

Edna St. Vincent Millay

(美)埃德娜.文森特

Love, if I weep it will not matter,

And if you laugh I shall not care;

Foolish am I to think about it,

But it is good to feel you there.

親愛的，我是否哭泣已不再重要，

你是否快樂我不會在乎;

然而我仍傻傻地想，

有你在旁該是多好。

Love, in my sleep I dreamed of waking-

White and awful the moonlight reached

Over the floor, and somewhere, somewhere,

There was a shutter loose-it screeched!

親愛的，我從沉睡中夢見自己醒來——

月光所到之處：潔白，可怕

灑在地板上，在某處，某處，

百葉窗松落下來——發出刺耳之聲!

Swung in the wind-and no wind blowing!-

I was afraid, and turned to you,

Put out my hand to you for comfort,-

And you were gone! Cold, cold as dew.

在風中搖曳——然而無風吹拂!——

我害怕，轉向你，

伸出手向你尋求安撫，——

然而你已離去!冰冷，冰冷如露。

Under my hand the moonlight lay!

Love, if you laugh I shall not care,

But if I weep it will not matter,-

Ah, it is good to feel you there!

月光灑落在我手上!

親愛的，你是否快樂我不會在乎，

我的哭泣也不再重要，——

然而，如你在旁該是多好!