Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
\nThat, for all they care, I can go to hell,
\nBut on earth indifference is the least
\nWe have to dread from man or beast.<\/p>\n
How should we like it were stars to burn
\nWith a passion for us we could not return?
\nIf equal affection cannot be,
\nLet the more loving one be me.<\/p>\n
Admirer as I think I am
\nOf stars that do not give a damn,
\nI cannot, now I see them, say
\nI missed one terribly all day.<\/p>\n
Were all stars to disappear or die,
\nI should learn to look at an empty sky
\nAnd feel its total dark sublime,
\nThough this might take me a little time.<\/p>\n
El qui estima en exc\u00e9s [el qui estima m\u00e9s]<\/p>\n
Miro les estrelles i em vaig adonant
\nque, per a elles, me’n puc anar a pastar fang.
\nPer\u00f2 a la terra la indifer\u00e8ncia no \u00e9s mol\u00e8stia:
\nqui hem de t\u00e9mer \u00e9s l’home o b\u00e9 la b\u00e8stia.<\/p>\n
\u00bfCom ens sentir\u00edem si les estrelles cremessin
\namb una passi\u00f3 que no correspongu\u00e9ssim?
\nSi cap dels dos no pot estimar m\u00e9s,
\ndeixeu-me ser el que estima en exc\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
[si afecte per igual no pot ser
\nque sigui jo el qui estima m\u00e9s]<\/p>\n
Encara que em consideri un fan
\nd’uns estels que m’envien al botavant,
\nara que els veig he de confessar
\nque avui no n’he trobat cap a faltar.<\/p>\n
Si es fonguessin o morissin les estrelles,
\nhauria d’aprendre a mirar un cel sense elles
\ni adonar-me de com \u00e9s de sublim la fosca total,
\nencara que em calgu\u00e9s un temps addicional.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n