When sunset flows into golden glows
And the breath of the night is new,
Love, find afar eve’s eager star－
That is my thought of you.
O tear-wet eye that scans the sky
Your lonely lattice through:
Choose any one, from sun to sun－
That is my thought of you.
And when you wake at the morning’s break
To rival rose and dew
The star that stays till the leaping rays-
That is my thought of you.
Ay, though by day they seem away
Beyond or cloud or blue
From dawn to night unquenched their light－
As are my thoughts of you.
－Robert Underwood Johnson
星
當太陽在金光中沉落，
夜的氣息是如此清新，
親愛的！從遠處妳可以找到凝望的星星
這就是我對妳的情思。
含淚的眼望斷天涯，
穿過妳孤獨的窗框，
從日沒到日出隨妳檢選一顆，
全都是我對妳的情思。
晨曦時妳可以從夢中醒來，
可以和朝露玫瑰比美，
瞧見星星仍在那裏閃著光輝，
那就是我對妳的思念。
白天星星似乎遠離，
從早到夜不再發光，
可是他只是隱沒在雲層，在煩惱中，
這都是我對你的思念。
－Robert Underwood Johnson
afar：遙遠的
eager：熱切的
lattice：格子窗
dew：露水
leap：跳躍
unquenched：未消滅的
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