A. E. 豪斯曼[1]

當年我二十一歲

聽見一位智者的教誨，

“權力與財富都能給，

莫要付出你的心；

珍珠寶石不足貴，

只要靈魂自在飛。”

但我只有二十一歲，

這些話兒皆枉費。

當年我二十一歲，

還聽見那位智者教誨，

“胸中的真情意

從不會徒然付流水；

它會收獲無盡的嘆息

換來無休止的悔恨。”

如今我二十二歲，

哦，才知這話非假是真。

When I Was One—and—Twenty

A. E. Housman

When I was one—and—twenty

I heard a wise man say,

"Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies

But keep your fancy free."

But I was one—and—twenty,

No use to talk to me.

When I was one—and—twenty

I heard him say again,

"The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain;

'Tis paid with sighs aplenty

And sold for endless rue."

And I am two—and—twenty,

And oh'tis true'tis true.

注釋：

[1]A. E. 豪斯曼1859—1936，英國古典學者、詩人，著有《什羅普郡少年》等詩集。