Thomas Love Peacock - The Grave of Love 汉译

I dug, beneath the cypress shade, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

　what well might seem an elfin’s grave;

And every pledge in earth I laid,

　that erst thy falls affection gave.

 

I pressed them down the sod beneath;

　I placed one mossy stone above;

And twined the rose’s fading wreath

　Around the sepulchre of love.

 

Frail as thy love, the flowers were dead,

　ere yet the evening sun was set;

but years shall see the cypress spread,

　Immutable as my regret.

 

爱之墓

皮科克

 

我在柏树的荫下掘着地，

掘了个像埋小妖精的坑；

放进你往日的定情东西，

那是你虚情假意的馈赠。

 

我用力把它们压在土下，

上面竖一方生苔的石碑；

再把快枯萎的玫瑰一匝，

绕在这爱情的坟墓周围。

 

这花同你的爱一样短暂，

夕阳沉落前就已经死亡；

但柏树还将伸展多少年，

像我难排解的抱恨一样。