IF LOVE WERE MINE
如果愛是我的
By Annette Wynne
安妮特·韋恩
If love were mine, if love were mine,
如果愛是我的,如果愛是我的,
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,
給予愛,分享愛,
Lend it, spend it, too.
還要借出愛,花費愛。
If beauty I could claim for mine,
如果我說美麗是我的,
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,
傾瀉它,去除它,
Till it flowed the whole world through.
直到它流滿了整個世界。
But toil, just common toil, is mine;
但辛苦勞作也是我的;
And so what I shall do
那么我應該怎么做,
Is strive to take it,
是努力去獲取它,
Carve it, make it,
雕刻它,讓它變成
Into love and beauty, too.
愛和美麗。