I like for you to be still
Pablo Neruda
我喜欢你是寂静的
巴勃罗·聂鲁达
I like for you to be still: it is as though you are absent
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.
我喜欢你是静静的：仿佛你消失了一样
你从远处聆听我，我的声音却无法触及你
好像你的目光已经游离而去
如同一个吻，封缄了你的嘴
not moving; calm and quiet 静止的；平静的；安静的；寂静的
2. as thoughin a way that suggests sth. 似乎；好像；仿佛
3. absent adj.showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you 心不在焉的；出神的
4. flown=fly的过去分词in a way that suggests sth. 似乎；好像；仿佛
5. seal v.make tight 封住
As all things are filled with my soul,
you emerge from the things, fill with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dreams
and you are like the word melancholy.
如同我积满一切的灵魂
而你从一切中出现，充盈了我的灵魂
你像我的灵魂，像一只梦想的蝴蝶
你如同“忧郁”这个词
6. fill v.~ (sth.) (with sth.) to make sth. full of sth.; to become full of sth. （使）充满，装满，注满，填满
7. soul n.the spiritual part of a person, believed to exist after death 灵魂
8. emerge v.~ (from sth.) to come out of a dark, confined or hidden place （从隐蔽处或暗处）出现，浮现，露出
9. melancholy n.a deep feeling of sadness that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained 忧郁；伤悲
I like for you to be still, and you seem far away
It sounds as though you are lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you.
Let me come to be still in your silence
我喜欢你是静静的：好像你已远去
你听起来像在悲叹，一只如鸽般细语的蝴蝶
你从远处聆听我，我的声音却无法触及你
让我在你的静谧中安静无声
10. lamenting adj.vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression悲伤的
11. coo v.when a dove or a pigeon coos , it makes a soft low sound （鸽子）咕咕地叫
And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright like a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remount and candid.
并且让我籍着你的沉默与你说话
你的沉默亮若明灯，简单如环
你如黑夜，拥有寂静与群星
你的沉默就是星星的力量，遥远而明亮
12. constellations n.a group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name 星座
13. remount v.mount again 重新开始
14. candid adj.saying what you think openly and honestly; not hiding your thoughts 坦率的；坦诚的；直言不讳的
I like for you to be still: it is as though you are absent,
distant and dull of sorrow, as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.
And I’m happy, happy that’s not true.
我喜欢你是静静的：仿佛你消失了一样
远隔千里，满怀哀恸，仿佛你已不在人世
彼时，一个字，一个微笑，就已足够
而我会感到幸福，因那不是真的而感到幸福
15. distant adj.far away in space or time 遥远的；远处的；久远的
16. dull adj.not very severe, but continuous 隐隐约约的
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