The More Loving One

　　W.H.Auden

　　Looking up at the stars, I know quite well,

　　仰望群星的時分，我一清二楚，

　　That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

　　盡管它們關懷備至，我亦有可能赴地府，

　　But on earth indifference is the least,

　　可是塵世間我們絲毫不必畏懼,

　　We have to dread from man or beast .

　　人類或禽獸的那份冷漠。

　　How should we like it were stars to burn ,

　　倘若群星燃燒著關懷我們的激情，

　　With a passion for us we could not return ?

　　我們卻無法回報，我們作何感想?

　　If equal affection cannot be ,

　　倘若無法產生同樣的感情，

　　Let the more loving one be me.

　　讓我成為更有愛心的人。

　　Admirer as I think I am,

　　盡管我自視為群星的崇拜者，

　　Of stars that do not give a damn,

　　它們滿不在乎，

　　I cannot, now I see them, say

　　現(xiàn)在我看群星，我卻難以啟齒，

　　I missed one terribly all day .

　　說我成天思念一顆星星。

　　Were all stars to disappear or die,

　　倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡，

　　I should learn to look at an empty sky,

　　我應該學會仰望空蕩的天空，

　　And feel its total dark sublime,

　　同時感受天空一片漆黑的崇高，

　　Though this might take me a little time.

　　雖然這樣可能要花費一點時間。