Heaven乔治·赫伯特

天堂连晗生 译


O Who will show me those delights on high?
啊,谁可将高处之乐显于我?
		Echo:	I.
          回声。  我。
Thou Echo, thou art mortall, all men know.
汝回应,众所周知,汝是凡物。
		Echo:	No.
          回声。  不。
Wert thou not born among the trees and leaves?
汝岂不是生于树木与叶子?
		Echo:	Leaves.
          回声。  叶子。
And are there any leaves, that still abide?
且还有何种叶子,依然忍耐?
		Echo:	Bide.
          回声。  等待。
What leaves are they? impart the matter wholly.
它们是何树叶?将事透露完整。
		Echo:	Holy.
          回声。  神圣。
Are holy leaves the Echo then of blisse?
神圣之叶即为彼时至福之回音?
		Echo:	Yes.
          回声。  实情。
Then tell me, what is that supreme delight?
那且告知我,何为极大之喜欢?
		Echo:	Light.
          回声。  光。
Light to the minde: what shall the will enjoy?
落于心之光:意志有何物可乐?
		Echo:	Joy.
          回声。  喜乐。
But are there cares and businesse with the pleasure?
但是否有烦恼和事务相伴愉快?
		Echo:	Leisure.
          回声。  自在。
Light, joy, and leisure; but shall they persever?
光,喜乐,自在;它们留存永远?
		Echo:	Ever.
          回声。  永远。


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