LOVE IS CRUEL, LOVE IS SWEET

Thomas MacDonagh

Love is cruel, love is sweet, --
Cruel sweet,
Lovers sigh till lovers meet,
Sigh and meet --
Sigh and meet, and sigh again --
Cruel sweet! O sweetest pain!

Love is blind -- but love is sly,
Blind and sly.
Thoughts are bold, but words are shy --
Bold and shy --
Bold and shy, and bold again --
Sweet is boldness, -- shyness pain.


爱情残忍爱情甜

郭沫若 译

爱情残忍爱情甜，——
残忍而又甜，
情人肠断到相见，
肠断到相见——
肠断到相见，相别肠又断——
残忍的甜呵！最甜的肠断！

爱情盲目爱情尖，
盲目而又尖，
心事勇敢言腼腆——
勇敢而腼腆——
勇敢而腼腆，回头又勇敢——
勇敢是甜呵，——腼腆令肠断。