Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Arrow and the Song 汉译

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It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

 

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

 

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

 

箭与歌

亨利·瓦兹沃斯·朗费罗

 

我将一支箭向高空射出，

我不知它落在地面何处；

因为它飞得那样速急，

我的眼力追不上它的踪迹。

 

我将一支歌向高空射出，

我不知它落在地面何处；

因为谁的眼力那样锐利强盛，

能追上歌声的飞腾。

 

好久好久之后，在一棵栎树身上，

我找到那支箭，依然未断；

那支歌，从头到尾，

我又发现在一位友人的心内。