Freedom and Love
[蘇格蘭]托馬斯·坎貝爾
Thomas Campbell
愛情伊始,便贏得一吻,
是多麽美好啊!
兩顆相映的心在歎息,
誰也無法解開這中間的結!
然而切記,當你求愛時,
愛是幸福,也是懊悔;
別人的微笑會使你浮躁,
別人的魅力會使你痛哭。
愛情來了,愛情逗留,
就像命運和迷戀將它帶來;
逗留越久,便越加痛苦;
笑過之後就飛走,擁抱之後就道別。
困住大海,使它平靜睡去,
裹住百合,使它芳香不散,
纏住白楊樹,使它不再顫動,
於是,綁住愛情,使它永駐。
愛情火焰需要加把柴,
新鮮魅力是它的燃料:
當被捕獲、困於籠中,愛的翅膀脫了毛,
唯有自由,才能讓他狂喜地高飛。
你能使蜜蜂整齊排隊
或使斑鳩的脖子不動嗎?
不!你無法拯救垂死的愛情,
將其係住,永不解開。
How delicious is the winning
Of a kiss at love's beginning.
When two mutual hearts are sighing
For the knot there's no untying!
Yet remember,'midst your wooing,
Love has bliss, but Love has ruing;
Other smiles may make you fickle,
Tears for other charms may trickle.
Love he comes, and Love he tarries,
Just as fate or fancy carries;
Longest stays, when sorest chidden;
Laughs and flies, when press'd and bidden.
Bind the sea to slumber stilly,
Bind its odour to the lily,
Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver,
Then bind Love to last for ever.
Love's a fire that needs renewal
Of fresh beauty for its fuel:
Love's wing moults when caged and captured,
Only free, he soars enraptured.
Can you keep the bee from ranging
Or the ringdove's neck from changing?