睡前读首诗 （19）你
If you must wait
如果你要等待
Wait for them here in my arms
来我的臂膀里等吧
As I shake
随着我轻轻摇晃
If you must weep
如果你要哭泣
Do it right here in my bed
到我的床边来哭吧
As I sleep
伴着我缓缓入眠
And if you must mourn my love
如果你要哀悼 亲爱的
Mourn with the moon and the stars up above
让高悬夜空的星月陪你一同忧伤
If you must mourn
如果你要哀伤
Don’t do it along
不要独自一人
If you must leave
如果你要离开
Leave as though fire burns under your feet
走吧 像烈焰正在脚底灼烧
If you must speak
如果你要开口
Speak every word as though it were unique
说吧 像所言之词独一无二
And if you must die sweetheart
如果你要死去 亲爱的
Die knowing your life was my life’s best part
请记着你是我生命中最美好的部分
If you must die
如果你要死去
Remember your life
记得你曾活过
Because
因为
You are all
你就是全部
If you must fight
如果你要争斗
Fight with yourself and your thought in the night
在夜中 与自己的思想争斗吧
If you must work
如果你要工作
Work to leave some part of you on this earth
在人间 留下你活过的证据吧
And if you must live darling one
如果你要活着 亲爱的
Just live
活下去吧