The More Loving One

　　W.H.Auden

　　Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

　　That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

　　But on earth indifference is the least

　　We have to dread from man or beast.

　　How should we like it were stars to burn

　　With a passion for us we could not return?

　　If equal affection cannot be,

　　Let the more loving one be me.

　　Admirer as I think I am

　　Of stars that do not give a damn,

　　I cannot, now I see them ,say

　　I missed one terribly all day.

　　Were all stars to disappear or die

　　I should learn to look at an empty sky

　　And feel its total dark sublime,

　　Though this might take me a little time.

　　參考譯文

　　仰望星空

　　/W.H.奧登

　　仰望群星的時分，我一清二楚，

　　盡管它們關懷備至，我亦有可能赴地府，

　　可是塵世間我們絲毫不必畏懼

　　人類或禽獸的那份冷漠。

　　倘若群星燃燒著關懷我們的激情，

　　我們卻無法回報，我們作何感想?

　　倘若無法產生同樣的感情，

　　讓我成為更有愛心的人。

　　盡管我自視為群星的崇拜者，

　　它們滿不在乎，

　　現在我看群星，我卻難以啟齒，

　　說我成天思念一顆星星。

　　倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡，

　　我應該學會仰望空蕩的天空，

　　同時感受天空一片漆黑的崇高，

　　雖然這樣可能要花費一點時間。

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