Virtue 美德

－G.Herbert赫伯特

Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright!

甜美的白晝，如此涼爽、安寧、明媚！

The bridal of the earth and sky-

天地間完美的匹配-----

The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;

今宵的露珠兒將為你的消逝而落淚；

For thou must die.

因為你必須離去。

Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave,

美麗的玫瑰，色澤紅潤艷麗，

Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,

令匆匆而過的人拭目而視，

Thy root is ever in its grave,

你的根永遠扎在墳?zāi)估铮?/P>

And thou must die.

而你必須消逝。

Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses,

美妙的春天，充滿了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰，

A box where sweets compacted lie,

如一支芬芳滿溢的盒子，

My music shows ye have your closes,

我的音樂表明你們也有終止，

And all must die,

萬物都得消逝。

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,

唯有美好而正直的心靈，

Like season'd timber,never gives;

猶如干燥備用的木料，永不走樣；

But though the whole world turn to coal,

縱然整個世界變?yōu)榛覡a，

Then chiefly lives.

它依然流光溢彩。