When I didn’t have you

拥有你以前

I loved Nature like a calm monk loves Christ...

我热爱自然，就像安静的修道士热爱基督。

Now I love Nature

现在我热爱自然

Like a calm monk loves the Virgin Mary,

就像安静的修道士热爱圣母玛利亚，

Religiously, in my way, like before,

我的虔诚一如既往，

But in another way more moving and nearer.

但显得更诚挚更亲密。

I see the rivers better when I go with you

穿过田野来到河畔

Through the fields to the riversides;

和你走在一起时，我看到的河流更美丽；

Sitting at your side looking at clouds

坐在你身边看云

I look at them better...

我看得更清楚。

You didn’t take me from Nature...

你不曾把自然从我这里带走，

You didn’t change Nature for me...

你不曾改变自然对我的意义，

You brought Nature right next to me.

你使自然离我更近了。

Because you exist I see it better, but the same,

因为你的存在，我看见它更美好，但它是同一个自然，

Because you love me, I love it the same, but more,

因为你爱我，我同样爱它，但是我更爱它，

Because you chose me to have you and love you,

因为你选择了我，让我拥有你爱你，

My eyes stare at everything more lingeringly.

我的眼睛在凝视万物时停留得更久。

I don’t regret anything I used to be

我不为以前的我而后悔

Because I’m still the same.

因为我还是同一个人。

I only regret not having loved you.

我只遗憾以前不曾爱你。

Put your hands in mine

把你的手放在我手里

And let’s keep quiet, surrounded by life.

让我们保持安静，被生活环绕。