Music I Heard Late at Night by Lin Huiyin

作品原文

林徽因 《深夜听到乐声》

这一定又是你的手指，
轻弹着，
在这深夜，稠密的悲思。

我不禁颊边泛上了红，
静听着，
这深夜里弦子的生动。

一声叫从我心底穿过，
太凄凉
我懂得，但我怎能应和？

生命早描定她的式样，
太薄弱
是人们的美丽的想象。

除非在梦里有这么一天，
你和我
同来攀动那根希望的弦。

英文译文

Music I Heard Late at Night
Lin Huiyin

Again, this must be your finger
Playing gently the melody of your sorrow and yearning
Late at night.

I listen quietly,
With cheeks flushed,
To the liveliness of the strings.

A sound passes through my heart,
—So miserable,
I understand, but can not respond.

Life is destined for what it is.
Too frail
Is the imagination of man;

Unless one day in dream
You and I
Pluck together the strings of hope.