《these things can never die》
《這些美好不會(huì)消逝》
--Charles Dickens/查爾斯.狄更斯
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
一切純潔的,輝煌的,美麗的,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
強(qiáng)烈地震撼著我們年輕的心靈的,
The impulses to wordless prayer,
推動(dòng)著我們做無(wú)言的禱告的,
The dreams of love and truth;
讓我們夢(mèng)想著愛(ài)與真理的;
《windflowers》
《風(fēng)飛花》
Windflowers, windflowers
風(fēng)飛花，風(fēng)飛花，
My father told me not to go near them
父親對(duì)我說(shuō)別走近它
He said he feared them always
他說(shuō)他總有些害怕
And he told me that they carriedhim away
他說(shuō)他迷戀過(guò)它
Windflowers, beautiful windflowers
風(fēng)飛花，美麗的風(fēng)飛花
I couldn'twait to touch them
我急切地要撫摸它
To smell them I heldthem closely
貼近臉頰聞久嗅
And now I cannot break away
如今我已無(wú)法自拔
Their sweet bouquet disappears
它的芳香猶如水汽
Like the vapor in the desert
沙漠中蒸發(fā)
So take a warning, son
所以，孩子，聽(tīng)句勸告吧
Windflowers, ancient windflowers
風(fēng)飛花，古老的風(fēng)飛花
Their beauty capture every young dreamer
美麗迷惑了每個(gè)年輕的夢(mèng)人
Who lingers near them
久久的徘徊在它的身旁
But ancientwindflowers, I love you
而我愛(ài)你，古老的風(fēng)飛花
《When You Are Old》
《當(dāng)你老了》
When you are old and gray and full ofsleep，
當(dāng)你老了，白發(fā)蒼蒼，睡思昏沉，
And nodding by the fire, take downthis book,
在爐火旁打盹，請(qǐng)取下這部詩(shī)歌，
And slowly read, and dream of the softlook your eyes had once,
慢慢讀，回想你過(guò)去眼神的柔和
And of their shadows deep;
回想它們過(guò)去的濃重的陰影；
How many loved your moments of gladgrace,
多少人愛(ài)你年輕歡暢的時(shí)候,
And loved your beauty with love falseor true；
出于假意或真心地愛(ài)慕你的美貌，
But one man loved the pilgrim soul inyou,
只有一個(gè)人愛(ài)你那朝圣者的靈魂，
And loved the sorrows of your changingface;
愛(ài)你老去的容顏的痛苦的皺紋;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
躬身在紅光閃耀的爐火旁，
Murmur, a littlesadly, how love fled,
凄然地低語(yǔ)，愛(ài)為何消逝，
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
在頭頂?shù)纳缴�，它緩緩踱著步子�?
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
將臉隱沒(méi)在群星之中。
