雙語·英美愛情詩歌選 16　如果這就是愛

16. If This Be Love

——S. Daniel

If this be love, to draw a weary breath,

To paint on floods till the shore cry to th'air,

With downward looks, still reading on the earth

The sad memorials of my love's despair;

If this be love, to war against my soul,

Lie down to wail, rise up to sigh and grieve,

The never-resting stone of care to roll,

Still to complain my griefs whilst none relieve;

If this be love, to clothe me with dark thoughts,

Haunting untrodden paths to wail apart;

My pleasures horror, music tragic notes,

Tears in mine eyes and sorrow at my heart.

If this be love, to live a living death,

Then do I love and draw this weary breath.