林徽因·《一天》英译

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是我十二个客人，

每一个来了，又走了，

最后夕阳拖着影子也走了！

我没有时间盘问我自己胸怀，

黄昏却蹑着脚，好奇的偷着进来！

我说：朋友，这次我可不对你诉说啊，

每次说了，伤我一点骄傲。

黄昏黯然，无言的走开，

孤单的、沉默的，我投入夜的怀抱！

One Day

Lin Hui-yin

Today’s twelve hours

are my twelve guests,

each has come and gone, in the end

even the setting sun is gone, trailing its shadow behind.

I don’t have time to question my own thoughts,

but dusk has tiptoed over, filled with curiosity, stealing in.

I say: my friend, this time I won’t complain to you,

every time I complain, it hurts my pride a little.

Dusk is quiet; it leaves without a word.
Alone in this silence I throw myself into the night.

（Julia C. Lin 译）

One Day

Lin Huiyin

Today the twelve hours

Are my twelve visitors,

Each comes and then goes,

Finally the sun, gone with a trailing shadow!

I have no time to question my own bosom,

But dusk slips in, on tiptoe with curiosity!

I say: my friend, this time I will not complain to you!

Each time I complain, my pride will get injured.

Shadowed, dusk leaves in silence,

Lonely and silently, I throw myself into the night!

（海岸 译）