To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time                      致少女：莫负韶华

                    by Robert Herrick                                  罗伯特·赫芮克

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,                      玫瑰将开时，堪折直须折
Old Time is still a-flying:                           时光似箭，韶华易逝
And this same flower that smiles to-day               今日灼灼其华
To-morrow will be dying.                              转眼便成明日黄花

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,                 太阳如华灯普照
The higher he's a-getting,                            渐行渐高
The sooner will his race be run,                      而渐远，余下路途渐短
And nearer he's to setting.                           而终于渐渐落下

That age is best which is the first,                  最值惜取是少年时光
When youth and blood are warmer;                      当时你年轻，血色鲜暖
But being spent, the worse, and worst                 然而其后每况愈下
Times still succeed the former.                       岁月无情，并不将你怜悯

Then be not coy, but use your time,                   莫再佯羞，莫负韶华    
And while ye may, go marry:                           人生苦短，及时行乐
For having lost but once your prime,                  青春几何
You may for ever tarry.                               莫待无花枝空折