春之歌


原文：

The Soots Season

The soote(1) season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad(2) the hill and eke(3) the vale;
The nightingale with feathers new she(4) sings;
The turtle(5) to her make (6) hath told her tale(7).

Summer is come(8), for every spray now springs;
The hart hath hung his old head(9) on the pale(10);
The buck in brake(11) his winter coat he flings,
The fishes float with new repaired(12) scale;
The adder all her slough(13)away she slings(14),
The swift swallow pursueth(15) the flies small;
The busy bee her honey now she mings(16).

Winter is worn, that was the flowers'bale(17).

And thus I see among these pleasant things,
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs(18).



译：

春之歌

带来蓓蕾和花朵的温柔季节，
给小丘着上了绿装，也染绿了山谷；
刚长出新羽毛的小夜莺歌唱不歇；
斑鸠向她的爱侣也吐露了心曲；
夏天来了，每一条嫩枝都布满了新叶，
雄鹿把旧犄角挂在篱头；
公羊把冬衣丢在林间；
长出新鳞的鱼儿浮在水面；
小蛇也把她的旧皮遥蜕掉；
敏捷的燕子飞快地把小蝇捕捉；
忙碌的蜜蜂把新蜜调和；
给花儿带来灾难的冬天已告终结。

在欣欣向荣的万物之间
烦恼消失了，而我却愁满心田。