雙語賞析《新月集》第11期:審判官 The Judge

JUDGE
SAY of him what you please, but I know my child's failings.
I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child.
How should you know how dear he can be when you try to weigh his merits against his faults?
When I must punish him he becomes all the more a part of my being.
When I cause his tears to come my heart weeps with him.
I alone have a right to blame and punish, for he only may chastise who loves.

11 審判官 THE JUDGE
你想說他什麼儘管說罷，但是我知道我孩子的短處。
我愛他並不因爲他好，只是因爲他是我的小小的孩子。
你如果把他的好處與壞處兩兩相權一下，恐怕你就會知道他是如何的可愛罷？
當我必須責罰他的時候，他更成爲我的生命的一部分了。
當我使他眼淚流出時，我的心也和他同哭了。
只有我纔有權去罵他，去責罰他，因爲只有熱愛人的纔可以懲戒人。