If I could tellyou

如果我能告诉你

By/W. H. Auden

作者/[英] W.H.奥登  

Time will saynothing but I told you so,

Time only knowsthe price we have to pay;

If I could tellyou I would let you know.

时间默默不语，但我曾与你倾述，

时间只洞悉了我们需要偿付的代价；

如果我能告诉你，我一定会让你知道。

If we should weepwhen clowns put on their show,

If we shouldstumble when musicians play,

Time will saynothing but I told you so.

如果伶人登场我们就要悲哭，

如果乐手演奏我们就变得结巴，

时间默默不语，但我曾与你倾述。

There are nofortunes to be told, although,

Because I loveyou more than I can say,

If I could tellyou I would let you know.

尽管，命运从未被道明，

因为，我对你的爱远胜言语能表白，

如果我能告诉你，我一定会让你知道。

The winds mustcome from somewhere when they blow,

There must bereasons why the leaves decay;

Time will say nothingbut I told you so.

起风了，风一定来自何处，

叶落了，一定有它的苦衷；

时间默默不语，但我曾与你倾述。

Perhaps the rosesreally want to grow,

The visionseriously intends to stay;

If I could tellyou I would let you know.

也许玫瑰热切盼望生长，

这幻景也无比希冀留驻；

如果我能告诉你，我一定会让你知道。

Suppose the lionsall get up and go,

And all thebrooks and soldiers run away;

Will Time saynothing but I told you so?

If I could tellyou I would let you know.

或许所有的狮子都起身离畔，

所有的溪流和士兵都将流散。

时间默默不语但我曾与你倾述？

如果我能告诉你，我一定会让你知道。