《爱》


作者：罗伊·克里夫特
朗诵：莹秋


I love you,

我爱你

Not for what you are,

不光因为你的样子 

But for what I am

还因为

When I am with you.

和你在一起时我的样子 

I love you,

我爱你

Not only for what

不光因为 

You have made of yourself,

你为我而做的事

But for what

还因为

You are making of me.

为了你我所能做到的事 





I love you

我爱你 

For the part of me

因为你能够唤出 

That you bring out;

我最真的那部分

I love you

我爱你

For putting your hand

因为你 

Into my heaped-up heart

能够轻易地穿透 

And passing over

我心上的旷野 

All the foolish, weak things

所有我的傻气、弱点 

That you can't help

在你的眼里 

Dimly seeing there,

几乎不存在 

And for drawing out

你有能力 

Into the light

将我的那些内心深处 

All the beautiful belongings

都照亮 

That no one else had looked

那些没有人愿意探索 

Quite far enough to find.

愿意发现的深处 





I love you because you

我爱你因为你 

Are helping me to make

帮助我理解

Of the lumber of my life

生活的不堪

Not a tavern

没有把我当做你生活的客栈 

But a temple;

而是内心一座圣殿

Out of the works

对于我的工作 

Of my every day

和生活每一天 

Not a reproach

你没有责备 

But a song.

而是赞颂 

I love you

我爱你 

Because you have done

因为你给予我的 

More than any creed

胜过任何誓言 

Could have done

所能赐予我的 

To make me good

任何好处

And more than any fate

比任何命运 

Could have done

赐予我的任何恩惠 

To make me happy.

还要多 

You have done it

这就是你所做的 


Without a touch,

没有一次接触 

Without a word,

没有一个华语

Without a sign.

没有一个暗示

You have done it

你所做的 

By being yourself.

就是做你自己 

Perhaps that is what

可能这就是 

Being a friend means,

伴侣的真谛

After all.