第16章 离去

约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德[1]

几千个吻也不能让我心甘，

最后一吻过去我不得不走，

苦涩离别深切的痛苦之后，

我认定我不愿离别的海岸、

途经的溪水、居所和高山，

都是欢乐，直到天色黑透；

然后幸福幻景闪过我眼眸，

在那黯淡而且遥远的天边，

最终大海阻止了我的凝望，

心田再次充满热切的渴求；

我曾失去的，不愿再寻觅。

但天空洒下它仁慈的光芒：

我认识到，过去我的拥有

依然属于我，我一无所失。

Departure

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

With many a thousand kiss not yet content,

At length with One kiss I was forced to go;

After that bitter parting's depth of woe,

I deem'd the shore from which my steps I bent,

Its hills, streams, dwellings, mountains, as I went,

A pledge of joy, till daylight ceased to glow;

Then on my sight did blissful visions grow

In the dim-lighted, distant firmament,

And when at length the sea confined my gaze,

My ardent longing fill'd my heart once more;

What I had lost, unwillingly I sought.

Then Heaven appear'd to shed its kindly rays:

Methought that all I had possess'd of yore

Remain'd still mine that I was reft of nought.

注释：

[1]约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德1749—1832，德国著名思想家、作家、科学家，魏玛的古典主义最著名的代表，代表作品有《少年维特之烦恼》《浮士德》等。