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19 Ludwig van Beethoven
19 路德維希·凡·貝多芬
Ludwig van Beethoven, one of history's most famous and mysterious composers died at the age of 57 with one great secret. Upon his death, a love letter was found among his possessions. It was written to an unknown woman who Beethoven simply called his Immortal Beloved.
路德維希·凡·貝多芬是人類歷史上最著名最神秘的作曲家之一，于57歲時帶著巨大的秘密死去。他死后，人們在他的遺物中發現了一封情書，這是寫給一位不為人知的女人的。貝多芬稱這個女人為不朽的愛人。
The world may never put a face with this mysterious woman or know the circumstances of their affair and his letters are all that is left of a love as intensely passionate as the music for which Beethoven became famous. Compositions such as the Moonlight Sonata as well as Beethoven’s many symphonies express eloquently the tragedy of a relationship that never publicly realized.
世人可能永遠無法知曉這個神秘的女人和他們之間發生的韻事。貝多芬的信是他們之間僅存的激情和愛情的見證，一如他為之聞名的音樂作品一樣激情澎湃。月光奏鳴曲和他的其他交響曲的創作雄辯地證明了那場永不為世人所知的愛情悲劇。
July 6，1806
1806年7月6日
My angel, my all, my very self — only a few words today and at that with your pencil — not till tomorrow will my lodgings be definitely determined upon — what a useless waste of time. Why this deep sorrow where necessity speaks —can our love endure except through sacrifices — except through not demanding everything — can you change it that you are not wholly mine, I not wholly thine?
我的天使，我的一切，我最真切的自己——今天我有幾句話，是關于你對我說的話，——直到明天來臨我的歸宿才能決定下來，這真是在浪費時間。為什么我們非要這樣深深地痛苦——除了犧牲，除了拋棄一切，我們的愛能延續下去嗎？你能改變我們無法完全擁有彼此的現實嗎？
Oh, God! Look out into the beauties of nature and comfort yourself with that which must be — love demands everything and that very justly — that it with me so far as you are concerned, and you with me. If we were wholly united you would feel the pain of it as little as I!
噢，我的上帝，看看壯美的大自然，用必要的方式安慰自己吧——愛情要求一切，但最有理由要求的是，你被我牽掛著，我也被你牽掛著。如果我們完全結合在一起，你就會像我一樣，不會感到痛苦。
Now a quick change to things internal from things external. We shall surely see each other; moreover, I cannot communicate to you the observations I have made during the last few days touching my own life — if our hearts were always close together I would make none of the kind. My heart is full of many things to say to you — Ah! — there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all — cheer up — remain my true, only treasure, my all as I am yours; the gods must send us the rest that which shall be best for us.
我們快點改變吧，從外表到內在。我們一定還會再見面的。我無法向你描述過去幾天里那些觸動我生命的感受——如果我們的心是緊密相連的，我就不會有那樣的感受。我心里裝滿了要向你傾訴的話——噢，有時我感到語言根本沒用——振作起來——繼續做我真正的,我惟一的寶貝，我一切，一如我對你意義一樣。上帝會用今后的一切補償我們，那將是多么美好啊。
Your faithfully,Ludwig
你的最忠誠的，路德維希
