No one is an island,
Oneself as a whole;
Everyone is a part of this continent,
A major part;
If a clod is washed away by the sea,
The less Europe there is,
If a cape,
And if your friends or your own estate:
Anyone who dies is my loss,
Because I am closely related to human beings,
Therefore,
Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It rings for you.
The following is the translation:
No one can be like an island.
Living alone in the sea
Everyone is like a small piece of dirt.
Connected to the whole land.
If a piece of soil is attacked by seawater,
Europe will lose a corner.
It's like a cape.
Just like your friends and yourself.
No matter who dies,
Are all part of death.
Because I am included in the concept of human beings.
So I never ask for whom the bell tolls.
This is for me and for you.
Hemingway liked this poem and published it on the title page of the novel for whom the bell tolls. There are many translations of this poem, but I read it in "Battlefield Bells" in high school!
Other translations are as follows:
Translation 1
No one is an island.
separate
Everyone is a part of a continent.
Is a part of the earth.
If a small piece of soil is washed away by sea water
Europe is just a little less.
Just like there are fewer headlands.
Anyone's death is my atrophy.
Because I'm human.
So there is no need to know for whom the bell tolls.
Just for you.
Translation 2
No one is an island, and there is no complete self;
Everyone is a part of the earth, a piece of the ocean;
If the soil is washed away by the sea, Europa can always stay;
Like the cape, like their friends,
Anyone's death is torturing me,
Because I care too much about all beings;
So stop asking for whom the bell tolls,
I called you.
Translation 3
No one can be self-sufficient,
No one is an island,
Everyone is a part of the mainland,
In order to meet the needs of the local community
That's a piece of land,
That's a cloak,
It's a manor,
Whether it's yours or a friend's,
Once the seawater is washed away,
Europe will become smaller.
The death of anyone,
I lost it all,
As a human being,
I grow old with all living things.
For whom the bell tolls,
I'm at a loss,
Don't be separated from each other forever,
This is my condolences to you.