John Keats - The Human Seasons 汉译

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There are four seasons in the mind of man: 

He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear  

Takes in all beauty with an easy span:  

He has his Summer, when luxuriously       

Spring’s honey’d cud of youthful thought he loves  

To ruminate, and by such dreaming high  

Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves  

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings  

He furleth close; contented so to look  

On mists in idleness—to let fair things  

Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook:  

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,  

Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

人生的四季

约翰·济慈

四个季节将一年填满 ；

       在人的头脑中也有四个季节：

他有朝气蓬勃的春天，他清澈的幻想

       轻松明快地接受美的一切。

他有他的夏天，这时他欢喜

       心情品味他春天采集的

青春思想的花蜜，

       这就使他的美梦最靠近天堂境地。

在秋天，他的心灵像小湾一样宁静，

       这时他心满意足地将翅翼收缩，

闲看天空云雾，漫不经心——

       让一切美好事物像门前小溪一样流过。

他也有容颜凋残苍白的冬天，

要不然，就走在他自然残废之前。