Night Song at Amalfi by Sara Teasdale

Night Song at Amalfi     

 

Sara Teasdale

 

I asked the heaven of stars       

What I should give my love—     

It answered me with silence,       

Silence above.     

 

I asked the darkened sea       

Down where the fishers go—     

It answered me with silence,       

Silence below.     

 

Oh, I could give him weeping,       

Or I could give him song—     

But how can I give silence,       

My whole life long?

 

阿瑪菲的夜曲

 

我問天國的繁星

該給我的愛人什麽－

它回答沉默，

頭上的沉默。

 

我又問幽深的海

那是漁人的心窩－

它回答沉默，

腳下的沉默。

 

啊， 我可以給他哭泣，

也可以給他歡唱－

可我怎能給他沉默，

任由一生漫長？