如何做个更有爱心的人（双语美文）

Looking at the stars, I know quit well

That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

But on earth indifference is the least

We have to dread from man or beast.

How shall we like it were stars to burn

With a passion for us we could not return?

If equal affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am

Of stars that do not give a damn,

I cannot, now I see them, say

I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die

I should learn to look at an empty sky

And feel its total dark sublime

Though this might take me a little time.

　　
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抬头仰望点点繁星，我心明如镜，

尽管它们关怀备至，我却可能走向地狱，

这世间我们最不必畏惧的，

是人类或禽兽的冷漠。

倘若繁星为我们燃烧的

是我们无以为报的激情，我们作何感想？

倘若无法产生同样的感情，

就让我成为更有爱心的人。

尽管我认为自己心怀仰慕，

但群星却不为所动。

现在我仰望群星，却难以启齿

说我整日疯狂思念其中一颗星

倘若所有的星星消失或者陨落，

我应该学会仰望空无的夜空，

感受那全然黑暗的庄严，

尽管这可能需要一点时间。