我不爱你！真的，我不爱你！
可你不在时我又悲伤叹息；
只因沉默的星星愉快地把你凝忘，
我就对你头上的晴空心存妒嫉。
我不爱你！我不爱你！
但你的所做所为在我眼中无可挑剔：
常常在我独自哀声叹气的时候，
即使我的真爱也难以相比。
我不爱你！我不爱你！
然而离别后你的声音如乐曲萦绕耳际，
我厌烦别的声音再来搅扰，
无论那些话语多么亲切甜蜜。
我不爱你！我不爱你！
你的眼睛却频频进入我夜半的梦里，
明亮、深遂、湛蓝，含情默默，
我不知有谁的眼睛能够相比。
我知道我不爱你！只是，天啊，
我坦诚的心人人表示怀疑；
他们走过时常常付之一笑，
因为发觉我看你时两眼痴迷。
I do not love Thee
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton. 1808–1876
I DO not love thee!—no! I do not love thee!
And yet when thou art absent I am sad;
And envy even the bright blue sky above thee,
Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad.
I do not love thee!—yet, I know not why, 5
Whate'er thou dost seems still well done, to me:
And often in my solitude I sigh
That those I do love are not more like thee!
I do not love thee!—yet, when thou art gone,
I hate the sound (though those who speak be dear) 10
Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone
Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.
I do not love thee!—yet thy speaking eyes,
With their deep, bright, and most expressive blue,
Between me and the midnight heaven arise, 15
Oftener than any eyes I ever knew.
I know I do not love thee! yet, alas!
Others will scarcely trust my candid heart;
And oft I catch them smiling as they pass,
Because they see me gazing where thou art.
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