【济慈情书】最浪漫的情书

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1819年10月13号，24岁的英国诗人JohnKeats(济慈) 给他的邻家妹妹Fanny Brawne写了如下一封情书，被后世英国人誉为最浪漫的情书之一。

“My dearest Girl,

我最亲爱的姑娘

This moment I have set myself to copy some verses out fair. I cannotproceed with any degree of content. I must write you a line or two and see ifthat will assist in dismissing you from my Mind for ever so short a time. Uponmy Soul I can think of nothing else.

此刻我正准备誊写几个诗节。我写不下去，因为心里没有丝毫的满足感。我必须给你写上几句，看是否有助于把你从我的头脑中打发走，哪怕就一小会儿。我发誓除了想你还是想你。

The time is passed when I had power to advise and warn you against theunpromising morning of my life. My love has made me selfish. I cannot existwithout you. I am forgetful of everything but seeing you again—my Life seems tostop there—I see no further.

我曾鼓足勇气提醒和警告你，我的青春前途黯淡，但那时已成为过去（我现在不会这么做了）。爱已让我变得自私。没有你我便不能生存。除了想再次见到你，我什么都不记得—我的生命似乎停滞了—我别无他念。

You have absorb’d me. I have a sensation at the present moment as thoughI was dissolving—I should be exquisitely miserable without the hope of soonseeing you. I should be afraid to separate myself far from you. My sweet Fanny,will your heart never change?

你已经占据了我的全部心思。此时此刻我有一种销魂蚀骨的感觉—若无望迅速见到你，我会觉得凄惨不堪。我害怕与你分隔得太久。我亲爱的芳妮，你的心永远不会变吧？

My love, will it? I have no limit now to my love—Your note came in justhere—I cannot be happier away from you. ’Tis richer than an Argosy of Pearles.Do not threat me even in jest. I have been astonished that Men could dieMartyrs for religion—I have shudder’d at it.

我的爱会变吗？我的爱如今已彻底敞开—你的短笺我刚收到：“离开你甭提我有多痛快了。比得到一大船珍珠还开心。”不要威胁我，哪怕是开玩笑。我一直对那些为宗教而殉道的人感到诧异—我为此而战栗过。

Ishudder no more—I could be martyr’d for my Religion—Love is my religion—I coulddie for that. I could die for you. My Creed is love and you are its only tenet.You have ravish’d me away by a Power I cannot resist, and yet I could resisttill I saw you; and ever since I have seen you I have endeavoured often to “reasonagainst the reasons of my Love”.

而今我不再战栗了—我也可以为我的宗教献身—爱情就是我的宗教—我可以为它去死。我可以为你赴汤蹈火—爱情是我的信条，你是它唯一的教义。你用一种我无法抗拒的力量彻底将我征服；好在我还能坚持到与你相见的那一刻；自从遇见你以后我曾竭力“与自己争辩爱为哪般”。

Ican do that no more—the pain would be too great. My love is selfish. I cannotbreathe without you.

现在我做不到了—那样实在太过痛苦。我的爱是自私的。没有你我不能呼吸。

Yours forever

John Keats”

你永远的

约翰.济慈

生词短语

verse 诗句

content 满意

dismiss 不予理会

unpromising 没有希望的