2011初级笔译：爱情的见证(Love’s Witness)

　　Slight unpremeditated Words are borne

　　By every common Wind into the Air;

　　Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born,

　　And in one instant give both Hope and Fear:

　　Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind

　　According to the Caprice of the Mind.

　　But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses,

　　Substantial Records to Eternity;

　　Just Evidences, who the Truth confess,

　　On which the Lover safely may rely;

　　They're serious Thoughts, digested and resolv'd;

　　And last, when Words are into Clouds devolv'd.

　　不加思索的轻率话语，

　　被每一次平凡的呼吸载入空气;

　　随便说说，刚出口即消失，

　　一瞬间给人希望和恐惧：

　　同一气息呼出万般矛盾心肠，

　　追随心灵无常的遐想。

　　但情书则是恒常的见证，

　　直至永恒的实体记录;

　　公道的证物，它道出真诚，

　　恋人能在其上安心依附;

　　它们是严肃的思想，经过深思熟虑;

　　当话语在云外消失，它们还将延续。