The Wild Honey Suckle(野冬忍花)

Fair flower ,that dost so comely grow,美好的花啊，你长得这么秀丽，

Hid in this silent ,dull retreat,却藏身在这僻静沉闷的地方——

Untouched thy honeyed blossoms blow,甜美的花儿开了却没有人亲昵，

Unseen thy little branches greet;招展的小小枝稍也没人观赏；

No roving foot shall crush thee here,既无游荡的脚步将你踩碎，

No busy hand provoke a tear.也无攀摘的手指催你落泪。

By Nature’s self in white arrayed,大自然将你打扮得一身洁白，

She bade thee shun the vulgar eye,她叫你避开庸俗粗鄙的目光，

And planted here the guardian shade,她布置下树荫把你护卫起来，

And sent soft waters murmuring by;又让你潺潺的柔波淌过你身旁；

Thus quietly thy summer goes,你的夏天就这样静静地消逝，

Thus days declining to repose.这时候你日见萎蔫终将安息。

Smit with those charms,that must decay.那些难免消逝的美使我消魂，

I grieve to see your future doom;想起你未来的结局我就心疼，

They died-nor were those flowers more gay,别的那些花儿也不比你幸运——

The flowers that did in Eden bloom;虽开放在伊甸园中也已凋零，

Unpitying frosts,and Autumn’s power.无情的寒霜再加秋风的威力，

Shall leave no vestige of this flower.会叫着花朵消失得一无踪迹。

From moring suns and evening dews,朝阳和晚霞当初把你养育，

At first thy little being came:让你这小小的生命来到世上，

If nothing once ,you nothing lose,原来若是乌有，去时也无失丧，

For when you die you are the same;因为你的死让你同先前一样；

The space between,is but one hour,这来去之间不过是一个钟点——

The frail duration of a flower.这便是花儿脆弱短暂的生命。