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約翰· 沃爾夫岡· 馮· 歌德( Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), 18世紀中葉到19世紀初德國和歐洲最重要的劇作家、詩人、思想家，他一生跨兩個世紀，正當歐洲社會大動蕩大變革的年代。這首詩是貝婷· 布倫塔諾給歌德寫的一封情書，悲劇為"史上最經典的情書"。
You know my heart
你知道我的心
Bettine Brentano to Goethe
貝停-布倫塔諾致歌德
You know my heart; you know that all there
你知道我的心;你知道我心里
is desire, thought, boding and longing;
惟有的愿望、思念、預兆和渴求;
you live among spirits and they give you divine wisdom.
你生活在幽靈之中，他們給你以神靈的智慧。
You must nourish me; you give all that in advance,
你一定要給我以"營養"。
which I do not understand to ask for.
你已經事先就給了我那些我不懂得去要求的東西。
My mind has a small embrace, my love a large one;
雖說我的才智小，但我的愛情甚深;
you must bring them to a balance.
你一定要平衡這兩方面。
Love cannot be quiet till the mind matches its growth;
在理智跟不上愛情的發展時，愛不能平靜。
you are matched to my love; you are friendly, kind, and indulgent;
你知道我有多愛你;你友善、溫存、寬厚。
let me know when my heart is off the balance.
告訴我，什么時候我的心失去了平衡。
I understand your silent signs.
我懂得你那無聲的暗示。
A look from your eyes into mine, a kiss from you upon my lips,
你映人我眼簾的凝睇、你印在我唇上的熱吻，
instructs me in all, what might seem delighted to learn,
向我說明了一切。這一切對于像我這樣的人，
to one who, like me, had experience from those.
對于有過這方面感情經歷的人，看來似乎令人高興。
I am far from you; mine are become strange to me.
你我天各一方，我給你的凝望和親吻對我已日益陌生。
I must ever return in thought to that hour
我無法不回想在
when you hold me in the soft fold of your arm.
你懷抱中的溫柔時刻。
Then I begin to weep, but the tears dry again unawares.
然后我便開始哭泣，又不知不覺眼淚已哭干。
Yes, he reaches with his love (thus I think)
是的，在深藏的靜謐中
over to me in this concealed stillness;
他對我一往情深(我如是想)。
and should not I, with my eternal undisturbed loving,
難道我就不應該借著永不動搖的深情
reach to him in the distance?
遙通心聲嗎?
Ah, conceive what my heart has to say to you;
啊，你不知道我一心要對你說些什么嗎？
it overflows with soft sighs all whisper to you.
我要對你無限地輕聲嘆息，竊竊私語，讓感情沛溢。
Be my only happiness on earth your friendly will to me.
愿我今生今世唯一的幸福就是你對我的無限的柔情。
O, dear friend, give me but a sign that you are conscious of me.
啊，親愛的朋友，只求你給我暗示，你心中只有我。
