康拉德•艾肯：我听过的音乐

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Music I Heard by Conrad Aiken


Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead.

Your hands once touched this table and this silver,
And I have seen your fingers hold this glass.
These things do not remember you, beloved,
And yet your touch upon them will not pass.

For it was in my heart that you moved among them,
And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes;
And in my heart they will remember always,
—They knew you once, O beautiful and wise.

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我听过的音乐
作者：康拉德•艾肯

和你听过的音乐胜过一切音乐，
和你分享的面包胜过一切面包；
现在你不在我身边，唯有落寞；
曾经如此美丽的一切皆为死寂。

这桌子这银器你的双手曾轻触，
这玻璃杯你的手指曾轻拈。
我的爱，它们不记得你，
但你留下的指痕不会消失。

因你活在它们之间活在我心里，
你用双手和双眼祝福它们；
在我心里它们会永远记住你，
——它们曾经认识你，噢，美丽聪慧的你。