双语有声阅读：致

One word is too often profaned 

 

For me to profane¹ it,

 

One feeling too falsely distain'd

 

For thee to distain it;

 

One hope is too like despair

 

For prudence² to smother³,

 

And pity from thee more dear

 

Than that from another.

 

I can not give what men call love:

 

But wilt⁵ thou accept not

 

The worship the heart lifts above

 

And the heavens reject not,

 

And the desire of the moth⁴ for the star,

 

Of the nigth for the morrow

 

The devotion to something afar

 

From the sphere of our sorrow.

 

有一个字经常被人亵渎

 

我不会再来亵渎

 

有一种感情被人假意鄙薄

 

你也不会再来鄙薄

 

有一种希望太似绝望；

 

何须再加提防

 

你的令悯之情无人能比，

 

温暖着我的心。

 

我不能给你人们所称的爱情，

 

但不知你能否接受

 

这颗心对你的仰慕之情，

 

连上天也不会拒绝。

 

犹如飞蛾扑向星星，

 

又如黑夜追求黎明。

 

这种思慕之情，

 

早已跳出了人间的苦境！

1 profane   

adj.亵神的，亵渎的；vt.亵渎，玷污

参考例句：

• He doesn't dare to profane the name of God.他不敢亵渎上帝之名。
• His profane language annoyed us.他亵渎的言语激怒了我们。

2 prudence   

n.谨慎，精明，节俭

参考例句：

• A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
• The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。

3 smother   

vt./vi.使窒息；抑制；闷死；n.浓烟；窒息

参考例句：

• They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火。
• We tried to smother our laughter.我们强忍住笑。

4 moth   

n.蛾，蛀虫

参考例句：

• A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
• The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。

5 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。