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Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed Guary

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

如果心的结合是委曲求全的,我宁愿不要,

如果随境遇改变而改变,

或是因世事变迁而曲折,

爱也就不是爱了。

爱应该是永恒不变的航标,

即使暴风雨也不能撼动。

或是指引迷途的行星,

尽管量得出距离,其价值却难估量。

爱不是时光的玩偶,

虽然容颜总是易老。

爱不会因为瞬息的改变而改变,

而会一直延续到末日的那一天。

如果我错了,

就当我从没这么写过,或者,从来没人爱过。

有时是薄薄的一本法语小书,普希金笔下的格里尼奥夫在一片冰原上向着白山炮台的要塞行进:

白山炮台距离奥伦堡四十俄里。一条道路沿着雅伊克河陡峻的河岸伸延过去。河水还没有封冻,沉沉的波浪在白雪皑皑的两岸之间忧郁地汹涌,显得特别黑。河那边是一望无际的吉尔吉斯草原。我思绪万端,心境抑郁。驻防军的生活对我很少有吸引力。我尽力去想象我的上司,米龙诺夫上尉该是个什么模样,结果认定他该是个严厉的、脾气大的老头,除了自己的公务,别的啥也不知道,可能为了鸡毛蒜皮的小事会罚我关禁闭,只让我啃面包喝生水。这时,天色暗下来……

难得哪一天G不用一大早出门去工作,便会裹着被单坐在床上,露出赤裸的背脊,鼻子上架着一幅角质框眼镜,把书中的章节读给他听。比如《吉檀迦利》中的第四十一节:

Where do you stand behind them all, my lover, hiding yourself in the shadows? They push you and pass you by on the dusty road, taking you for naught. I wait here weary hours spreading my offerings for you, while passers-by come and take my flowers, one by one, and my basket is nearly empty.

你站在他们身后,我的爱人,藏身在阴影里的某个地方。满是沙尘的路上,他们推开你,从你身边经过,视你若虚无。我长时间的等在这里,摆开奉献给你的礼物。过路的人来到这里拿走我的鲜花,一朵接着一朵,直到我的篮子几乎空无。

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