You know my heart你知道我的心 Bettine Brentano to Goethe 貝停-布倫塔諾致歌德

You know my heart你知道我的心

Bettine Brentano to Goethe 貝停-布倫塔諾致歌德

 You know my heart; you know that all there 
你知道我的心;你知道我心裡

is desire, thought, boding and longing; 
惟有的願望、思念、預兆和渴求;

you live among spirits and they give you divine wisdom. 
你生活在幽靈之中，他們給你以神靈的智慧。

You must nourish me; you give all that in advance, 
你一定要給我以"營養"。

which I do not understand to ask for. 
你已經事先就給了我那些我不懂得去要求的東西。

My mind has a small embrace, my love a large one; 
雖說我的才智小，但我的愛情甚深;

you must bring them to a balance. 
你一定要平衡這兩方面。

Love cannot be quiet till the mind matches its growth; 
在理智跟不上愛情的發展時，愛不能平靜。

you are matched to my love; you are friendly, kind, and indulgent; 
你知道我有多愛你;你友善、溫存、寬厚。

let me know when my heart is off the balance. 
告訴我，什麼時候我的心失去了平衡。

I understand your silent signs. 
我懂得你那無聲的暗示。

A look from your eyes into mine, a kiss from you upon my lips, 
你映人我眼簾的凝睇、你印在我唇上的熱吻，

instructs me in all, what might seem delighted to learn, 
向我說明了一切。這一切對於像我這樣的人，

to one who, like me, had experience from those. 
對於有過這方面感情經歷的人，看來似乎令人高興。

I am far from you; mine are become strange to me. 　　
你我天各一方，我給你的凝望和親吻對我已日益陌生。

I must ever return in thought to that hour 
我無法不回想在

when you hold me in the soft fold of your arm. 
你懷抱中的溫柔時刻。

Then I begin to weep, but the tears dry again unawares. 
然後我便開始哭泣，又不知不覺眼淚已哭幹。

Yes, he reaches with his love (thus I think) 
是的，在深藏的靜謐中

over to me in this concealed stillness; 
他對我一往情深(我如是想)。

and should not I, with my eternal undisturbed loving, 
難道我就不應該藉著永不動搖的深情

reach to him in the distance? 　　
遙通心聲嗎?

Ah, conceive what my heart has to say to you; 
啊，你不知道我一心要對你說些什麼嗎？

it overflows with soft sighs all whisper to you. 
我要對你無限地輕聲嘆息，竊竊私語，讓感情沛溢。

Be my only happiness on earth your friendly will to me. 
願我今生今世唯一的幸福就是你對我的無限的柔情。

O, dear friend, give me but a sign that you are conscious of me. 
啊，親愛的朋友，只求你給我暗示，你心中只有我。