密密缝 发表于 2009-07-31 21:49 |  | 星期五(Friday)
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一个女人的疑问——伊丽莎白·布朗宁
Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above----
A woman's heart, and a woman's life,
And a woman's wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy----
Demanding what others have died to win
With the reckless dash of a boy?
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Man-like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot
Your socks and your shirts shall be whole;
I require your heart to be true as God's stars,
And pure as heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and beef;
I require a far better thing.
A seamstress you're wanting for stockings and shirts;
I look for a man and a king----
A king for a beautiful realm called home,
And a man that the Maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did the first,
And say, "It is very good."
I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day;
Will you love then, mid the falling leaves,
As you did mid the bloom of May?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you can not do this ---- a laundress and cook
You can hire with little to pay;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be-won that way.
你可知道你已经要了一件
上帝之手制造的最昂贵的东西,
一个女人的心,一个女人的生命,
和一个女人美妙的爱情?
你可知道你已经要了这个无价之宝,
犹如一个小孩要一个玩具,
凭着男孩卤莽的冲劲,
要求得到的是别人用生命才能换取的东西?
你已列出我应尽的义务,
你曾十足男人气地向我发问;
现在请你站在我这个女人心灵的栅栏之外,
等我向你发问.
你要求你吃的羊肉永远热气腾腾,
你的袜子和衬衫完好齐全;
我要求你的心如同上帝的星辰一样忠诚,
你的灵魂如天堂一样纯洁.
你要的是为你烹煮牛羊的厨师.
我要的远比这更美好.
你要的是为你缝制衣袜的女裁缝,
我寻求的是一个男子汉和一个君王.
这个君王的美丽王国就是我们的家,
这个男子汉在被造物主造就之时,
上当会看着他说:"真是好样的!"
我现在年轻貌美,但如玫瑰般的红润
终有一天会从我柔嫩的双颊上褪去;
到那黄叶凋零之时,
你还会像那五月花开之时那样爱我吗?
你的心胸是否像海洋那样雄壮深广,
好让我的一切在它的浪潮上畅航?
一个沉醉于爱情的女人在她做新娘的那天
就找到地狱或天堂.
我要的是一切高贵,真实的东西,
一切男人应有的品节'
如果你能给我这一切,我原以生命为赌注,
得到你所要求于我的一切.
如果你做不到这些,那么你可以付少量的工资,
去雇一个洗衣妇和厨师;
但却不能用这种方法
赢得一个女人的心和一个女人的生命.
再不相爱就老了
