[转载]“花儿去往远方，唯留下清香”--Amy Lowell一首

Petals                                                                                                                花瓣

Amy Lowell                                                                                               艾米.洛威尔

Life is a stream                                                                                         生活是条小溪，

On which we strew                                                                                  我们向那水面，

Petal by petal the flower of our heart;                                           将自己的心之花瓣片片抛撒；
The end lost in dream,                                                                          它们消逝于梦里，
They float past our view,                                                                     最终漂出了视线，
We only watch their glad, early start.                                            我们只见到它们欢欣地出发。
Freighted with hope,                                                                              承载希望，
Crimsoned with joy,                                                                               满面红光，
We scatter the leaves of our opening rose;                                  我们把盛开的心花瓣瓣播散；
Their widening scope,                                                                          它们何处奔忙，
Their distant employ,                                                                           沿途是何风光，
We never shall know.  And the stream as it flows                     我们一无所知。溪水漂流向前，
Sweeps them away,                                                                                把它们带去，
Each one is gone                                                                                      一片片不见，
Ever beyond into infinite ways.                                                       向着无数不同的方向。
We alone stay                                                                                          剩我们留在原处，
While years hurry on,                                                                          而岁月疾步向前，
The flower fared forth, though its fragrance still stays.       花儿去往远方，唯留下清香。