Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

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

But on earth indifference is the least

We have to dread①dread英 [dred] 美 [dr?d] n. 恐懼；可怕的人（或物）vi. 懼怕；擔(dān)心vt. 懼怕；擔(dān)心adj. 可怕的from man or beast.

How should 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.

Admirer②admirer英 [?d'ma??r?] 美 [?d'ma??r?]n. 愛(ài)慕者；贊賞者；欽佩者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 darkness sublime③sublime 英 [s??bla?m] 美 [s?'bla?m]adj. 莊嚴(yán)的；令人崇敬的；極端的；超群的n. 崇高；頂點(diǎn)vt. 使……純化；使……升華；使……變高尚vi. 升華；純化；變高尚,

Though this might take me a little time.

抬頭望星星,我很清楚,

若它們?cè)敢?我可以下地獄,

但在塵世上冷漠是人類或野獸

最不令我們感到可怕的東西。

要是星星用我們不能回報(bào)的激情

為我們?nèi)紵?我們有何話說(shuō)?

如果感情不能平等,

讓那愛(ài)得更多的是我。

雖然我常覺(jué)得我

是星星的仰慕者,它們并不在乎;

不過(guò)現(xiàn)在看到它們,我也不能說(shuō)

我整天把一顆想得好苦。

要是所有星星都隕落或失蹤,

我將學(xué)會(huì)眺望一個(gè)虛無(wú)的天空

并感到它那全然黑暗的莊嚴(yán),

雖然這可能要花我一點(diǎn)兒時(shí)間。