Count That Day Lost
[英]乔治·艾略特
George Eliot
假如你坐在夕阳下
回想一天的所为，
思虑着，你会发现
一个无私的举动，一句话
都会在听者心中留下安慰，
亲切的一瞥
让所到之处洒满阳光——
你便知道这是有意义的一天。
但如果，整整一天
你犹豫不决，不曾为一颗心带去欢乐——
如果整整一天
你想不出任何值得回忆的事。
没有为另一张面孔带去阳光——
甚至连小小的付出都没有，
没有去帮助任何人——
那这一天比失去还糟糕。
If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done，
And， counting， find
One self-denying deed， one word
That eased the heart of him who heard，
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went—
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if， through all the livelong day，
You've cheered no heart， by yea or nay—
If， through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face—
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost—
Then count that day as worse than lost.