晚安诗集 我喜欢你是寂静的

I Like For You To Be Still

我喜欢你是寂静的

I like for you to be still

我喜欢你是寂静的，

It is as though you are absent

仿佛你消失了一样，

And you hear me from far away

你从远处聆听我，

And my voice does not touch you

我的声音却无法触及你。

It seems as though your eyes had flown away

好像你的双眼已经飞离去，

And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth

如同一个吻，封缄了你的嘴。

As all things are filled with my soul

如同所有的事物充满了我的灵魂，

You emerge from the things

你从所有的事物中浮现，

Filled with my soul

充满了我的灵魂。

You are like my soul

你像我的灵魂，

A butterfly of dream

一只梦的蝴蝶。

And you are like the word: Melancholy¹

你如同忧郁这个词。

I like for you to be still

我喜欢你是寂静的，

And you seem far away

好像你已远去。

It sounds as though you are lamenting²

你听起来像在悲叹，

A butterfly cooing like a dove

一只如鸽悲鸣的蝴蝶。

And you hear me from far away

你从远处听见我，

And my voice does not reach you

我的声音无法触及你：

Let me come to be still in your silence

让我在你的沉默中安静无声。

And let me talk to you with your silence

并且让我借你的沉默与你说话，

That is bright as a lamp

你的沉默明亮如灯，

Simple, as a ring

简单如指环，

You are like the night

你就像黑夜，

With its stillness and constellations³

拥有寂寞与群星。

Your silence is that of a star

你的沉默就是星星的沉默，

As remote and candid⁴

遥远而明亮。

I like for you to be still

我喜欢你是寂静的，

It is as though you are absent

仿佛你消失了一样，

Distant and full of sorrow

遥远而且哀伤，

So you would've died

仿佛你已经死了。

One word then,

彼时，一个字，

One smile is enough And I'm happy;

一个微笑，已经足够。

Happy that it's not true

而我会觉得幸福，因那不是真的而觉得幸福。

1 melancholy   

n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。

2 lamenting   

adj.悲伤的，悲哀的v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Katydids were lamenting fall's approach. 蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lamenting because the papers hadn't been destroyed and the money kept. 她正在吃后悔药呢，后悔自己没有毁了那张字条，把钱昧下来！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

3 constellations   

n.星座( constellation的名词复数 )；一群杰出人物；一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）

参考例句：

• The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。 来自教父部分

4 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。