中英诗歌中的爱情与死亡1

　　 尽管我年轻无辩

　　 本.琼生

　　 如我之年青,无法细辨,

　　 死亡的本意和爱的真谛,

　　 尝闻二者皆带箭头,

　　 双双的目标是人的心脏。

　　 复又听说,各有德性,

　　 爱伤于火,死伤于冰;

　　 我似恍然有所觉悟,

　　 感受的极端结果却一途。

　　 恰如断壁残垣,

　　 或灰飞或塌坍;

　　 又好比我之消亡,

　　 似潮退又似闪电;

　　 因知爱之燃烧的箭杆,

　　 亡我之速有如死神冰冷的魔手;

　　 惟有爱火的炽热尚存,

　　 惊散坟墓中寒气逼人的霜雾。

　　 Though I am Young and Cannot Tell

　　 Ben Jonson

　　 Though I am young, and cannot tell

　　 Either what death or love is well,

　　 Yet I have heard they both bear darts,

　　 And both do aim at human hearts.

　　 And then again, I have been told

　　 Love wounds with heat, as Death with cold;

　　 So that I fear they do but bring

　　 Extremes to touch, and mean one thing.

　　 As in a ruin we it call

　　 One thing to be blown up, or fall;

　　 Or to our end like way may have

　　 By a flash of lightning, or a wave;

　　 So love's inflamed shaft or brand

　　 May kill as soon as Death's cold hand;

　　 Except Love's fires the virtue have

　　 To fright the frost out of the grave.

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