No man is an island, entire of itself;
没有人是一座孤岛,可以自全;
every man is a piece of the continent,
每个人都是大陆的一片,
a part of the main.
整体的一部分。
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
倘若海水冲去一块泥土,
Europe is the less,
欧洲便少去一角,
as well as if a promontory were,
如同失去一座海岬,
as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were:
如同你友人或是你自家的庄园遭侵蚀一般:
any man's death diminishes me,
任何人的死亡都使我蒙受缺损,
because I am involved in mankind,
因为我与人类休戚相连,
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
因而不必派人探问丧钟为谁而鸣;
it tolls for thee.
钟声为你敲响。
注:程中瑞/译