英文
16. If This Be Love
——S. Daniel
If this be love, to draw a weary breath,
To paint on floods till the shore cry to th'air,
With downward looks, still reading on the earth
The sad memorials of my love's despair;
If this be love, to war against my soul,
Lie down to wail, rise up to sigh and grieve,
The never-resting stone of care to roll,
Still to complain my griefs whilst none relieve;
If this be love, to clothe me with dark thoughts,
Haunting untrodden paths to wail apart;
My pleasures horror, music tragic notes,
Tears in mine eyes and sorrow at my heart.
If this be love, to live a living death,
Then do I love and draw this weary breath.
中文
16 如果这就是爱
丹尼尔
如果这就是爱，那我得疲惫地叹息；
我把画描绘在海上，海岸也为我仰天鸣冤，
它回首下界，只见地面上依依稀稀
兀立着我绝望的爱的残垣。
如果这就是爱，我的灵魂就无法安宁，
我会倒地哀号，或起身悲歌，
滚动那永无休止的烦恼之轮，
一个劲地诉怨，痛苦仍无从摆脱；
如果这就是爱，那我已身陷深渊；
我徘徊在荒野，孤独地哀吼，
欢乐变成恐惧，欢歌化为挽曲，
泪珠含在眼中，悲哀深藏心头。
如果这就是爱，我无异于一具行尸，
虽然拥有爱，却永远疲惫地叹息。
