这首诗出自英国诗人约翰·多恩John Donne（1572－1631）的《丧钟为谁而鸣》
原文
No man is an island,
entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were:
any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind,
and, therefore,
never send to know for whom the bells tolls;
it tolls for thee.
译文：
每一个人都是广袤大陆的一部份。
如果海浪冲掉了一块岩石，
欧洲就减少。
如同一个海岬失掉一角，
如同你的朋友或者你自己的领地失掉一块。
每个人的死亡都是我的哀伤，
因为我是人类的一员。
所以，
不要问丧钟为谁而鸣，
它就为你而鸣！
