雙語散文:告訴我愛的真相

告訴我愛的真相

Some say that love s a little boy,
　　And some say it s a bird,
　　Some say it makes the world go round,
　　And some say it makes that s absurd,
　　And when I asked the man next-door,
　　Who looked as if he knew,
　　His wife got very cross indeed,
　　And said it wouldn t do.

Does it look like a pair of pyjamas
　　Or the ham in a temperance hotel
　　Does its odor remind one of llamas
　　Or has it a comforting smell?
　　Is it quickly to touch as a hedge is,
　　Or soft as eiderdown fluff?
　　is it sharp or quite smooth at the edges?
　　Oh tell me the truth about love.

When it comes, will it come without warning
　　Just as I m picking my nose?
　　Will its knock on my door in he morning,
　　Or tread in he bus on my toes?
　　Will it come like a change in the weather
　　Will its greeting be courteous or rough?
　　Will it alter my life altogether?
　　Oh tell me the truth about love

有人說愛情是個小男孩，
　　也有人說像只小鳥；
　　有人說它令世界運行，
　　也有人說那是荒謬。
　　當我去詢問鄰居的男子，
　　他彷彿對愛情瞭然，
　　而他的妻子怒火填膺，
　　說那並無可能。
　

愛情看起來像一條睡褲，
　　還是像無酒旅館的火腿？
　　它聞起來是駱駝的氣味，
　　還是芬芳而溫馨?
　　它摸起來是猶如多刺的樹籬。
　　還是柔軟若鴨絨？
　　它的棱角是凌厲還是光滑?
　　哦，告訴我愛情的真相吧。

　　愛情的來臨是否悄無預告，
　　像我挖鼻子那樣嗎？
　　它是否會在早晨敲響我的門，
　　還是會給我一腳踩到公共汽車裏？
　　它的到來會不會像季候的變化?
　　它的問候是謙恭抑或粗魯？
　　它會讓我的生活天翻地覆嗎？
　　哦，告訴我愛情的真相吧。