Cherry-Ripe
[英]托馬斯·坎品
Thomas Campion
她的芳容有一座花園,
玫瑰和百合競相開放;
那個地方就是天堂,
到處都是美味的水果。
那裏的櫻桃無人可采購,
直到“成熟的櫻桃”歡呼到來。
明亮的珍珠排成兩行,
被櫻桃緊密圍繞。
她露出可愛的笑容,
就像雪中的玫瑰花蕾。
貴族和王子都不能買去,
直到“成熟的櫻桃”歡呼到來。
她的雙眼就像守衛櫻桃的天使;
她的蹙眉仿佛看守者,
闖入,就要被處死。
如有人企圖多看,或是采摘,
神聖的櫻桃就會發怒
直到“成熟的櫻桃”歡呼到來。
There is a garden in her face,
Where roses and white lilies grow;
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow.
There cherries grow which none may buy,
Till 'Cherry-ripe'themselves do cry.
Those cherries fairly do enclose
Of orient pearl a double row,
Which when her lovely laughter shows,
They look like rosebuds filled with snow.
Yet them nor peer nor prince can buy,
Till 'Cherry-ripe'themselves do cry.
Her eyes like angels watch them still;
Her brows like bended bows do stand,
Threatening with piercing frowns to kill
All that attempt with eye or hand
Those sacred cherries to come nigh,
Till 'Cherry-ripe'themselves do cry.