Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton - I Do Not Love Thee 汉译

I do not love thee!—no! I do not love thee!   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

And yet when thou art absent I am sad;  

  And envy even the bright blue sky above thee,  

Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad.  

I do not love thee!—yet, I know not why,         

Whate’er thou dost seems still well done, to me:  

  And often in my solitude I sigh  

That those I do love are not more like thee!  

I do not love thee!—yet, when thou art gone,  

I hate the sound (though those who speak be dear)  

  Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone  

Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.  

I do not love thee!—yet thy speaking eyes,  

With their deep, bright, and most expressive blue,  

  Between me and the midnight heaven arise,  

Oftener than any eyes I ever knew.  

I know I do not love thee! yet, alas!  

Others will scarcely trust my candid heart;  

  And oft I catch them smiling as they pass,  

Because they see me gazing where thou art.