Somewhere or Other BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Somewhere or Other 

 

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

 

Somewhere or other there must surely be 

The face not seen, the voice not heard, 

The heart that not yet—never yet—ah me! 

Made answer to my word. 

 

Somewhere or other, may be near or far; 

Past land and sea, clean out of sight; 

Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star 

That tracks her night by night. 

 

Somewhere or other, may be far or near; 

With just a wall, a hedge, between; 

With just the last leaves of the dying year 

Fallen on a turf grown green. 

 

這裏或那裏

 

這裏或那裏總會有

沒被聽到的聲音， 沒被看到的臉，

觸動我的那顆心哦！ 未曾－也從未－ 

回應我的感言。

 

這裏或那裏， 近還是遠；

越過陸地和海洋， 越過視野；

遠過遊蕩的月， 遠過那顆星

追尋著她一夜又一夜。 

 

這裏或那裏， 遠還是近；

隻隔著， 一堵牆， 一樹籬；

隨著年尾的殘葉

落在綠透了的草地。