IF LOVE WERE MINE
如果爱是我的
By Annette Wynne
安妮特·韦恩
If love were mine, if love were mine,
如果爱是我的,如果爱是我的,
I know what I would do,
我知道我要做什么,
I'd take it, spare it,
我要享有它,留出一部分,
Give it, share it,
给予爱,分享爱,
Lend it, spend it, too.
还要借出爱,花费爱。
If beauty I could claim for mine,
如果我说美丽是我的,
To hold, to cherish, too,
我要拿住它,珍惜它,
I'd strive to spread it,
我要努力去伸展它,
Pour it, shed it,
倾泻它,去除它,
Till it flowed the whole world through.
直到它流满了整个世界。
But toil, just common toil, is mine;
但辛苦劳作也是我的;
And so what I shall do
那么我应该怎么做,
Is strive to take it,
是努力去获取它,
Carve it, make it,
雕刻它,让它变成
Into love and beauty, too.
爱和美丽。