英语诗歌精选 无常

Mutability

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

波西·比希·雪莱

The flower that smiles today Tomorrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts¹ and then flies.

今天还微笑的花朵明天就会枯萎；我们愿留贮的一切诱一诱人就飞。

What is this world's delight? Lightning that mocks the night, Brief even as bright.

什么是这世上的欢乐？ 它是嘲笑黑夜的闪电， 虽明亮，却短暂。

Virtue², how frail³ it is! Friendship how rare! Love, how it sells poor bliss⁴ For proud despair!

唉，美德！它多么脆弱！ 友情多不易看见！ 爱情售卖可怜的幸福， 你得拿绝望交换！

But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.

但我们仍旧得活下去， 尽管失去了这些喜悦， 以及"我们的"一切。

Whilst skies are blue and bright, Whilst flowers are gay,

趁天空还明媚，蔚蓝， 趁着花朵鲜艳，

Whilst eyes that change ere night Make glad the day;

趁眼睛看来一切美好， 还没临到夜晚；

Whilst yet the calm hours creep, Dream thou—and from thy sleep Then wake to weep.

呵，趁现在时流还平静， 作你的梦吧——且憩息， 等醒来再哭泣。

1 tempts   

v.引诱或怂恿（某人）干不正当的事( tempt的第三人称单数 )；使想要

参考例句：

• It tempts the eye to dream. 这种景象会使眼睛产生幻觉。 来自辞典例句
• This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate. 就是这一点东西引诱它残杀昆虫。 来自互联网

2 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

3 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。

4 bliss   

n.狂喜，福佑，天赐的福

参考例句：

• It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
• He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴，因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。