You Know My Heart

　　你懂我的心

　　Bettine Brentano to Goethe

　　贝婷 布伦塔诺致歌德

　　You know my heart;

　　你懂我的心;

　　You know that all there is desire,

　　你懂我心中所有的愿望

　　Thought, boding and longing;

　　思念、预兆和渴求;

　　You live among spirits and they give you divine wisdom.

　　你生活在幽灵之中，他们给你以神灵的智慧。

　　You must nourish me ;

　　你一定要给我以”滋养”。

　　You give all that in advance,

　　如你以前给予我的一样，

　　Which I do not understand to ask for.

　　给予我无法诉求的向往。

　　My mind has a small embrace,

　　虽说我才疏学浅，

　　My love a large one;

　　但我的爱很博渊;

　　You must bring them to a balance.

　　你一定要平衡这两方面。

　　Love cannot be quiet till the mind matches its growth;

　　在理智跟不上爱情的节奏时，便波浪连连。

　　You are matched to my love;

　　你知道我有多爱你;

　　You are friendly, kind and indulgent;

　　你友善、温存、宽厚。

　　Let me know when my heart is off the balance.

　　告诉我，什么时候我的心失了衡。

　　I understand your silent signs.

　　我懂得你那无声的暗示。

　　A look from your eyes into mine,

　　你映入我眼帘的凝睇，

　　A kiss from you upon my lips,

　　你印在我唇上的热吻，

　　Instructs me in all,

　　向我说明了一切。

　　What might seem delighted to learn,

　　这一切对于像我这样的人，

　　To one who, like me,Had experience from those.

　　对于有过这方面感情经历的人，

　　I am far from you;

　　你我天各一方，

　　Mine are become strange to me.

　　给你的凝望和亲吻，我已日益陌生。

　　I must ever return in thought to that hour when you hold me in the soft fold of your arm.

　　我无法不想抱你入怀的温柔。

　　Then I begin to weep,

　　然后我便开始抽泣，

　　But the tears dry again unawares.

　　不知不觉眼泪已干涸。

　　Yes, he reaches with his love (thus I think) over to me in thisconcealed stillness;

　　是的，在深藏的静谧中他对我一往情深(我如是想)。

　　And should not I, with my eternal undisturbed loving, reach to him in the distance?

　　难道我就不应借着永不动摇的深情遥通心声吗?

　　Ah, conceive what my heart has to say to you:

　　啊，你不知道我一心要对你说的话?

　　It overflows with soft sighs all whisper to you.

　　我要对你无限地轻声叹息，窃窃私语，让感情满溢升华。

　　Be my only happiness on earth you friendly will to me.

　　愿我今生今世唯一的幸福就是你对我的无限温柔。

　　O,dear friend,

　　啊，亲爱的朋友，

　　Give me but a sign that you are conscious of me.

　　只求你给我暗示，你心中只有我一个人。