A Dedication to My Wife 致妻子的献辞

A Dedication to My Wife——Thomas Stearns Eliot 致妻子的献辞

陈绍鹏 译

To whom I owe the leaping delight 因为你，我感受到跃动的欣喜 That quickens my senses in our waking time 我们醒着时，你让我的感知更加灵敏 And the rhythm that governs the repose of our sleeping time, 你的律动掌控着我们睡眠的安宁， the breathing in unison 让我们共同呼吸

Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other 恋人们感受着相互的气息 Who think the same thoughts without need of speech 彼此之间心心相印 And babble the same speech without need of meaning. 无需示意就说出相同的絮语。

No peevish winter wind shall chill 暴烈的冬风无法将其变冷 No sullen tropic sun shall wither 愠怒的热带太阳无法让其凋零 The roses in the rose-garden which is ours and ours only 我们玫园里的玫瑰，是专属我们的东西

But this dedication is for others to read: 但这篇献辞也供他人阅读： These are private words addressed to you in public. 让我的私语公然向你致意。