Signs of Love

If amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways,
Soft languors, courteously controlled desire,
And virtuous will, kindled with noble fire,
And lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze;

If thoughts, which evermore the brow displays,
Or words that faint and brokenly suspire,
Still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher
Than the pale violet hath, or love displays;

If holding some one than one's self more dear,
If sorrowing and sighing evermore,
If chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross,
If burning far away, and freezing near,
Are signs that love consumes me to the core,
Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss.

愛的跡象

若愛的跡象是深情的信念，純真的心靈，
柔和而又恬靜，禮貌地控制著的慾念，
在高貴的火焰裡燃燒美好的意願，
還有在黑暗道路上漫長的旅行;

若愛的跡象是眉頭上顯露的思緒，
或是由於受到恐懼和羞澀的羈絆，
使話語變成凌亂又微弱的感嘆，
是愛情顯現出紫羅蘭搬般的淡意。

若愛的跡象是關心他人勝過自我，
是無窮盡的悲傷和嘆息，
是咀嚼著痛苦、憤怒和哀傷
若愛的跡象是在遠處燃燒，在近處凍結，
那麼我的身心已經被愛情銷蝕，
姑娘啊，這就是你的過錯和我的錯過。