When I Was One-and-Twenty

--A.E.Housman

When I was one-and-twenty

I heard a wise man say,

Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies,

But keep your fancy free.

But I was one-and-twenty,

No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty

I heard him say again,

The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain;

This paid with sighs aplenty，

And sold for endless rue.

And I am two-and-twenty,

And oh, this true, this true.！

我二十一岁那年

--郝思曼

我二十一岁那年，

听到一位智者说：

银币、英镑、金币皆可抛，

你的心可不能给人；

珍珠、红宝石可割舍，

但情窦勿开，保持逍遥自在。

但我当时才二十一岁，

跟我讲这些话是没用的。

我二十一岁那年，

又听过他这么说：

胸膛内的一颗心，

绝非可以白白掏出给人；

换来的会是声声叹息感喟

出卖所得的会是无穷的悔恨。

如今我已二十二岁，

唉！讲得真对！真对！