I Look Into My Glass__ Thomas Hardy

I Look Into My Glass__ Thomas Hardy		鏡中人__蕭若碧譯

I look into my glass,		在鏡子裡，我端詳自己
And view my wasting skin,		望見了容顏的乾癟
And say, “Would God it came to pass		我對它說，仰上帝恩典
My heart had shrunk as thin!”		但願我心同時枯竭

For then, I, undistrest		因為槁木的心
By hearts grown cold to me,		不再因冷待而憂戚
Could lonely wait my endless rest		而可泰然自若
With equanimity.		寂然等待永恆安息

But Time, to make me grieve,		但時間為了折磨我
Part steals, lets part abide;		消耗了我身
And shakes this fragile frame at eve		卻放過我心
With throbbings of noontide.		在這傍晚的時分
		給予我正午賁張的脈搏
暗流〈讀 I Look Into My Glass by Thomas Hardy 有感〉		來搖撼我這荏弱的驅殼