英文詩 To an Athlete Dying Young

　　霍思曼A.E.Housman，1859-1936.4.30，英國現(xiàn)代最偉大的古典學(xué)者之一和杰出的詩人。

　　英文詩To an Athlete Dying Young

　　by A. E. Housman (1859-1936)

　　給一位英年早逝的運(yùn)動員

　　The time you won your town the race

　　We chaired you through the market-place;

　　Man and boy stood cheering by,

　　And home we brought you shoulder-high.

　　當(dāng)年,你為小鎮(zhèn)贏得了比賽

　　我們舉起你穿過市場

　　男女老幼夾道歡迎

　　你在人們肩頭凱旋

　　To-day, the road all runners come,

　　Shoulder-high we bring you home,

　　And set you at your threshold down,

　　Townsman of a stiller town.

　　今天, 人們又聚集在一起

　　把你抬在肩上為你送行

　　輕輕放你歸于塵土

　　小鎮(zhèn)為你肅穆寧靜

　　Smart lad, to slip betimes away

　　From fields were glory does not stay

　　And early though the laurel grows

　　It withers quicker than the rose.

　　明智的你早早離去

　　因?yàn)闃s耀不能為誰停留

　　月桂樹轉(zhuǎn)瞬蒼翠

　　卻比玫瑰凋零的還快

　　Eyes the shady night has shut

　　Cannot see the record cut,

　　And silence sounds no worse than cheers

　　After earth has stopped the ears:

　　黑夜的幕布拉下

　　再也看不到記錄被打破

　　沉寂不會比歡呼更糟

　　你在大地的深處長眠

　　Now you will not swell the rout

　　Of lads that wore their honours out,

　　Runners whom renown outran

　　And the name died before the man.

　　現(xiàn)在,你將永不會被擊敗

　　他們的榮耀轉(zhuǎn)瞬間即逝

　　盡管后來的冠軍輩出

　　活著時名字已被人遺忘

　　So set, before its echoes fade,

　　The fleet foot on the sill of shade,

　　And hold to the low lintel up

　　The still-defended challenge-cup.

　　趁著榮耀消逝之前

　　敏捷雙腳踏上歸途

　　在門梁上懸掛著的是

　　永恒的冠軍獎杯

　　And round that early-laurelled head

　　Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,

　　And find unwithered on its curls

　　The garland briefer than a girl's.

　　那些早先的冠軍們

　　將會嫉妒地注視著你

　　你卷發(fā)上的月桂花環(huán)

　　將永不會枯萎