The Grave of Love
[英]托马斯·拉夫·皮科克
Thomas Love Peacock
我,在松柏树下挖掘,
这洞穴好像精灵的坟墓;
所有的誓言都被我埋进土里,
那是以往你给我的虚幻爱情。
我把它们压在草皮底下;
用一块长满青苔的石头压紧。
那玫瑰都已凋落的花环,
依然围绕着爱的坟墓。
你的爱,好脆弱!花儿都已凋零,
而夕阳还在天际;
岁月会见证松枝飘飘,
一如我不变的惋惜。
I dug, beneath the cypress shade,
What well might seem an elfin's grave;
And every pledge in earth I laid,
That erst thy false affection gave,
I pressed them down the sod beneath;
I placed one mossy stone above;
And twined the rose's fading wreath
Around the sepulcher of love.
Frail as thy love, the flowers were dead,
Ere yet the evening sun was set:
But years shall see the cypress spread,
Immutable as my regret.