經典詩歌:給少女的勸告

【英文原文】

TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old time is still a-flying:

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

The higher hes a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he""s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be nor coy, but use your time,

And while ye may, go marry:

For having lost but once your prime,

You may for ever tarry.

【中文譯文】

[ 英 ] 羅伯特 . 赫裏克

要摘玫瑰得趁早，

歲月在催人老：

花兒今天在含笑，

明天就會殘凋。

太陽是天上華燈，

它正冉冉升空。

越高越快到終點，

越高越近黃昏。

豆蔻年華最美好，

青春熱血方盛。

虛度光陰每況下，

時間永不停留。

抓緊時機別害羞，

早嫁個意中人，

青春一去不回頭

蹉跎貽誤一生。