Loves.Witness(愛情的見證)

Slight unpremeditated Words are borne
By every common Wind into the Air;
Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born,
And in one instant give both Hope and Fear:
Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind
According to the Caprice of the Mind.
But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses,
Substantial Records to Eternity;
Just Evidences,who the Truth confess,
On which the Lover safely may rely;
They're serious Thoughts,digested and resolv'd;
And last,when Words are into Clouds devolv'd.


不加思索的輕率話語,
被每一次平凡的呼吸載入空氣;
隨便說說,剛出口即消失,
一瞬間給人希望和恐懼:
同一氣息呼出萬般矛盾心腸,
追隨心靈無常的遐想。
情書則是恆常的見證,
直至永恆的實體記錄;
公道的證物,它道出真誠,
戀人能在其上安心依附;
它們是嚴肅的思想,經過深思熟慮;
當話語在雲外消失,它們還將延續。

 

※本文作者:佚名※