T.S.艾略特是现代诗歌史上一个被广泛认可的重要人物。《求爱略特》是他的代表作之一。
1. 这就让我们走吧，你跟我，当黄昏摊开在天边，像病人麻醉在手术台上。
原文：Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table...
2. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - written by T.S. Eliot
原文：The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - written by T.S. Eliot
3. S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
原文：S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
4. Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.
原文：Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.
5. Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table;
原文：Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table;
6. Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
原文：Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
7. Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question...
原文：Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question...
8. Oh, do not ask, "What is it?"
Let us go and make our visit.
原文：Oh, do not ask, "What is it?"
Let us go and make our visit.
9. In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
原文：In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
10. ……看全文在这个地址：很长的^ ^
http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/tseliot/11961 原文：……看全文在这个地址：很长的^ ^
http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/tseliot/11961以上是对《求爱略特》部分内容的翻译，由于篇幅原因，只节选了部分。如需全文，请访问上述链接。