情书欣赏

不加思索的轻率话语，

被每一次平凡的呼吸载入空气；

随便说说，刚出口即消失，

一瞬间给人希望和恐惧：

同一气息呼出万般矛盾心肠，

追随心灵无常的遐想。

但情书则是恒常的见证，

直至永恒的实体记录；

公道的证物，它道出真诚，

恋人能在其上安心依附；

它们是严肃的思想，经过深思熟虑；

当话语在云外消失，它们还将延续。

Slight unpremeditated Words are borne

By every common Wind into the Air;

Carelessly uttered, die as soon as born,

And in one instant give both Hope and Fear:

Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind

According to the Caprice of the Mind.

But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses,

Substantial Records to Eternity;

Just Evidences，who the Truth confess,

On which the Lover safely may rely;

They're serious Thoughts，digested and resolved;

And last，when Words are into Clouds devolved.