译诗：奥登：爱得更多的那个人
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爱得更多的那个人
The More Loving One
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
W. H. 奥登原诗
徐家祯翻译
Looking up at the stars, I know quite
well
That, for all they care, I can go to
hell,
But on earth indifference is the
least
We have to dread from man or
beast.
How should we like it were stars to
burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot
be,
Let the more loving one be
me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a
damn,
I cannot, now I see them,
say
I missed one terribly all
day.
Were all stars to disappear or
die,
I should learn to look at an empty
sky
And feel its total dark
sublime,
Though this might take me a little
time.
抬头仰望繁星，我很清楚地知晓：
即使我入地狱，他们也不会动一根眉毛！
其实，我们不必惧怕来自人兽的冷漠，
因为无动于衷还算微不足道。
要是面对激情燃烧的星星却无法报偿，
我们将又会作何等感想？
要是相互的情爱无法对等，
那么我宁愿做爱得更多的一方。
我想我是星星的忠实粉丝，
虽然他们对我却毫不在意。
其实即使现在我望着群星，
也不能说我整天都将他思念不已。
要是所有的星星都消失不见，
那么我就得学会暸望空白的苍天，
还得学会感受天穹的漆黑一片，
虽然要我习惯，可能还需一段时间。
＊见网友张鹤君（那颗晴空）译美（英）国奥登诗 The More
Loving
One，觉得有些句子的理解和表达与我不同，就试译一遍，以期相互交流沟通。
