Sonnet 01
I thought once how Theocritus had sung by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I thought once how Theocritus had sung
Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years,
Who each one in a gracious hand appears
To bear a gift for mortals, old or young:
And, as I mused it in his antique tongue,
I saw, in gradual vision through my tears,
The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,
Those of my...
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Sonnet 01
I thought once how Theocritus had sung by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I thought once how Theocritus had sung
Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years,
Who each one in a gracious hand appears
To bear a gift for mortals, old or young:
And, as I mused it in his antique tongue,
I saw, in gradual vision through my tears,
The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,
Those of my own life, who by turns had flung
A shadow across me. Straightway I was 'ware,
So weeping, how a mystic Shape did move
Behind me, and drew me backward by the hair:
And a voice said in mastery, while I strove,—
'Guess now who holds thee? '—' Death,' I said. But, there,
The silver answer rang,—' Not Death, but Love.'
我想起,当年希腊的诗人曾经歌咏:
年复一年,那良辰在殷切的盼望中
翩然降临,各自带一份礼物
分送给世人---年老或是年少。
当我这么想,感叹着诗人的古调,
穿过我泪眼所逐渐展开的幻觉,
我看见,那欢乐的岁月、哀伤的岁月----
我自己的年华,把一片片黑影连接着
掠过我的身。紧接着,我就觉察
(我哭了)我背后正有个神秘的黑影
在移动,而且一把揪住了我的发,
往后拉,还有一声吆喝(我只是在挣扎):
“这回是谁逮住你?猜!” “死,”我答话。
听哪,那银铃似的回音:“不是死,是爱!”
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