当我二十一岁时
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当我二十一岁时
诗人以轻松而又有讽刺意味的诗句描述了一个青年恋爱时的感受。聪明人不要他轻易去谈恋爱以免招致无穷的失望与苦恼,他未听劝告,二十一岁就谈情说爱起来,结果,正如聪明人所说的,才一年光景(到了二十二岁),他已感到无穷的烦恼。
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.
我二十一岁的时候
听到一位智者说:
“宁献王冠金银,
勿滥奉情交心;
宁赠珠宝珍稀,
勿丢幻想之翼。”
可惜二十一岁的我
对此充耳不闻。
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
“The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
’Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.”
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.
我二十一岁的时候
又听智者说:
“推心置腹的人,
永远不会徒然无所获;
它换来的是悠悠哀叹
和无尽的悔恨。”
我现在二十二岁了,
唉,这话千真万确,万确千真。 ——摘自《豆瓣》