Life's Tragedy

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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It may bemisery not to sing at all,

从不唱歌或许是一种不幸，

And to gosilent through the brimming day;

在充裕的一天里静默无声；

It may bemisery never to be loved,

从未被爱或许是一种不幸，

But deepergriefs than these beset the way.

但比这些更深的悲伤。

To singthe perfect song,

是试图去唱完美的歌，

And by ahalf-tone lost the key,

特别是用失了半音的键，

There thepotent sorrow, there the grief,

会有强烈的悲伤和哀怨，

The pale,sad staring of Life's Tragedy.

生命的悲剧的苍白和呆滞的凝视。

To havecome near to the perfect love,

本来已近完美的爱情，

Not thehot passion of untempered youth,

不是未泯青春的火热激情，

But thatwhich lies aside its vanity,

而是那，赖在一旁的虚荣，

And gives,for thy trusting worship, truth.

它给你轻信的崇拜一个真理。

This, thisindeed is to be accursed,

这，这确实要遭咒诅，

For if wemortals love, or if we sing,

如果我们普通的爱情，或如果我们歌唱，

We countour joys not by what we have,

我们不是靠我们拥有的东西来计量我们的快乐，

But bywhat kept us from that perfect thing.

而是靠那些让我们觉得完美的事情。

(译者:潘学峰)