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。