啊哦，你将为这句话感到悔悟（

艾德娜·圣文森特·米蕾

啊哦，你将为这句话感到悔悟！
把书还给我，换回我一个亲吻。
“这种小脑袋读不了大部头的书！”
说这话语的到底是亲友还是敌人？
来，我要给你看看我最新的帽子，
你可以看着我噘起嘴唇涂上唇膏！
唉，我仍将爱你，也爱做那些事，
但是我的想法再也不会让你知道。
我将会亲切又狡黠，温柔又调皮，
看书的时候也不会再让你发现。
我也许会被人称为模范的贤妻，
可是总有不晴不雨的那一天。
一切如旧，而当你叩门打开闩，
我已离开，你会到处把我呼唤。

【原诗】

Edna St Vincent Millay

Oh,oh,you will be sorry for that word!
Give me back my book and take my kiss instead
Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,
“What a big book for such a little head!”
Come,I will show you now my newest hat,
And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink!
Oh,I shall love you still,and all of that
I never again shall tell you what I think
I shall be sweet and crafty,soft and sly;
You will not catch me reading any more:
I shall be called a wife to pattern by;
And some day when you knock and push the door,
Some sane day,not too bright and not too stormy,
I shall be gone,and you may whistle for me

【附注】

难怪有人在歌里唱到“小女子的心思最难猜”，原来都悄悄写成了诗。