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可是在上帝的全宇宙里，总十共十才只

But only three in all Gods universe

三个人听见了你那句话：除了

Ha十ve heard this word thou hast said, -- Himself, beside

讲话的你、听话的我，就是他－－

Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied

上帝自己！我们中间还有一个

One of us ... _that_ was God, ... and laid the curse

出来答话；那昏黑的诅咒落上

So darkly on my eyelids, as to amerce

我的眼皮，挡了你，不让我看见，

My sight from seeing thee, -- that if I had died,

就算我瞑了目，放上沉沉的“压眼钱”，

The death-weights, placed there, would ha十ve signified

也不至于那么彻底隔绝。唉，

Less absolute exclusion. `Nay is worse

比谁都厉害，上帝的那一声“不行！”

From God than from all others, O my friend!

要不然，世俗的诽谤离间不了我们，

Men could not part us with their worldly jars,

任风波飞扬，也不能动摇那坚贞；

Nor the seas change us, nor the tempests bend;

我们的手要伸过山岭，互相接触；

Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars

有那么一天，天空滚到我俩中间，

And, hea十ven being rolled between us at the end,

我俩向星辰起誓，还要更加握紧。

We should but vow the faster for the stars.