THE FIRST GREAT SORROW 第一次心碎 泰戈尔

I was walking along a path over-grown with grass, when suddenly I heard from some one behind, “See if you know me?”

我独自走在覆满青草的小路上。忽然，我听到一个人在我身后说：“看看你还认识我嘛？”

I turned round and looked at her and said, “I cannot remember your name.”

我转身望着她说：“我记不起你的名字了。”

She said, “I am that first great Sorrow whom you met when you were young.”

她说：“我就是你年少时的第一次心碎”。

Her eyes looked like a morning whose dew is still in the air.

她那双眼睛就像晨露未晞的黎明。

I stood silent for some time till I said, “Have you lost all the great burden of your tears?”

我默默站了一会儿，才说：“你丢掉自己眼泪的重负了嘛？”

She smiled and said nothing. I felt that her tears had had time to learn the language of smiles.

她微微一笑，没有说话。我觉得，她的眼泪已慢慢学会用微笑作答。

“Once you said,” she whispered, “that you would cherish your grief or ever.”

“那一次，”她轻声说，“你说你会永远珍视你的悲伤。”

I blushed and said, “Yes, but years have passed and I forget.”

我羞愧地说：“是的，但好多年过去了，我忘记了。”

Then I took her hand in mine and said, “But you have changed.”

然后我把她的手放在自己手心里说：“可是你变了。”

“What was sorrow once has now become peace,” she said.

“从前的悲哀变成了平静。”她说。

以下为梁宗岱大师的版本

我在乱草丛生的小径上走着，突然听到背后有人说，“看你认识我吗？”

我回头看见她说，“我不记得你的名字了。”

她说，“我就是你年轻时候初次遇到的那大悲哀。” 她的眼睛像一个清露未消的早晨。

我默然矗立了半响，才说，“你已经没有眼泪的重负了吗？”

她微笑着不说什么。我知，她的眼泪已经学会了微笑。

“你曾经说过，”她低声说，“你要永远保守你的忧愁。”

我脸红了说，“不错，但时光过去了，我也就忘了。”

于是我拿起她的手握在我的手心中，“可是你也改变了。”

“那从前是悲哀的，现在变成宁静了，”她说。——泰戈尔《无题》