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第43章 爱的坟墓

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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.