给少女的忠告
可以采花的时机,别错过,
时光老人在飞驰:
今天还在微笑的花朵
明天就会枯死。
太阳,那盏天上的华灯,
向上攀登得越高,
路程的终点就会越临近,
剩余的时光也越少。
青春的年华是最最美好的,
血气方刚,多热情;
过了青年,那越来越不妙的
年月会陆续来临。
那么,别怕羞,抓住机缘,
你们该及时结婚;
你一旦错过了少年,
会成千古恨。
作者 / [英国] 罗伯特·赫里克
翻译 / 佚名
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
Robert Herrick
荐诗 /解说/ 马丁