To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time 劝少女书

【小专栏】西方电影中引用的诗歌

电影:《古诗人社》(Dead Poets Society)

诗名:《劝少女书》(To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time)

作者:  罗伯特·赫里克(Robert Herrick)， 英国“骑士派”诗人。代表作《雅歌》和《西方乐土》。

原文

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

The higher he's 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 not coy, but use your time,

And, while ye may, go marry:

For having lost but once your prime,

You may forever tarry.

胡子 译

趁玫瑰盛放，请快快采撷，

岁月催人，时光飞驰；

今花蕾灿笑，

明枯萎凋零。

看那天上明灯，无比炫耀的太阳，

当越升越高，

当跑之路却愈来愈短，

渐渐西沉落下。

趁最佳年华，

趁青春热血，

请不要虚度，更不要蹉跎，

垂暮瞬间就会降临呀。

你豆蔻可人，无需害羞，

速觅良人共结良缘：

一旦佳时错过，

恐将永被耽搁。

(1/11/2020, 海风14)