Henry Howard - The Soote Season 汉译

The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,

With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale;

The nightingale with feathers new she sings;

The turtle to her make hath told her tale.

Summer is come, for every spray now springs;

The hart hath hung his old head on the pale;

The buck in brake his winter coat he flings,

The fishes float with new repair’d scale;

The adder all her slough away she slings,

The swift swallow pursueth the flie’s small;

The busy bee her honey now she mings.

Winter is worn, that was the flowers’ bale.

And thus I see among these pleasant things,

Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs.

温柔的季节

亨利·霍华德

温柔的季节，你带来了嫩芽，带来了花朵，

给峰峦披上绿装，给峡谷染上碧色；

那换上新羽的夜莺放开歌喉；

斑鸠对着她的爱侣倾诉心曲。

夏日来临，每一根枝条都在喷红吐翠；

雄鹿将他的旧犄角挂上篱笆；

公羊把他的冬衣丢尽矮树丛，

披上新鳞的鱼儿浮出水面；

小蛇也蜕掉了她昔日的衣装，

灵巧的燕子正在追逐那小小的苍蝇；

勤劳的蜜蜂正忙着把花蜜调酿。

那伤害花儿的冬日已然过去，

抬眼一片勃勃生机，

一切的愁云都已散却，而悲哀却漫上我心头。

徐翰林 编译