Elegy 9 by Ovid, translated by Christopher Marlowe Yet should I curse a god, if he but said, Live without love, so sweet ill is a maid. For when my loathing it of heat deprives me, I know not whether
To the ancient Egyptians death marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another. 在古埃及人的眼里,死亡标志着一段旅程的结束,另一段旅程的开始。 After death all ancient Egyptians believed that they must leave behind the gr
Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden 葬礼蓝调 奥登 Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, 停止所有的时钟,切断电话 Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, 给狗一块浓汁的骨头,让他别叫 Silence the pianos and with muffled drum 黯哑
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare 第十四行诗130 威廉·莎士比亚 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; 我情妇的眼睛一点不像太阳;珊瑚比她的嘴唇还要红得多: If snow be white, why then her breas
If Music Be The Food Of Love from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 《假如音乐是爱情的粮食》,节选自《第十二夜》,莎士比亚 If music be the food of love, play on; 假如音乐是爱情的食粮,那么奏下去吧; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting the
From The Princess by Lord Alfred Tennyson 《公主》节选,作者:丁尼生 Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; 深红的花瓣睡着了,然后是白色的; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; 桕树也不在舞摆于宫苑小径; Nor winks the gold fin in
Love and Friendship by Emily Bronte 《爱情和友谊》 作者:艾米莉·勃朗特 Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree. 爱情就像野玫瑰,友情却如冬青树。 The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms. But which will b
One Cigarette by Edwin Morgan No smoke without you, my fire. After you left,your cigarette glowed on in my ashtray and sent up a long thread of such quiet grey I smiled to wonder who would believe its
Life Story by Tennessee Williams 生活的故事 田纳西·威廉斯 After you've been to bed together for the first time, 这是你们第一次一床同眠,共剪西窗烛 without the advantage or disadvantage of any prior acquaintance, 而事先没有相互之间带有偏爱或偏见
So we'll Go No More A-Roving by Lord Byron 好吧,我们不再一起漫游 拜伦 So we'll go no more a-roving 好吧,我们不再一起漫游, So late into the night, 消磨这幽深的夜晚, Though the heart still be as loving, 尽管这颗心仍旧迷恋, And the moon still
Whoever Loved That Loved Not At First Sight? by Christopher Marlowe It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin, We
Us Too By:A. A. Milne Wherever I am, there's always Pooh, There's always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do, "Where are you going today?" says Pooh: "Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too. Let'
There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind Anonymous 有一位女郎甜美和善 There is a lady sweet and kind, 有一位女郎甜美和善 Was never face so pleas'd my mind; 她的容貌让我愉悦非常; I did but see her passing by, 看着她从身边走过, And yet I love her t
Love after Love by Derek Walcott 爱复爱 德里克·沃尔科特 The time will come 这样的时刻将会来临: when, with elation 你得意洋洋地 you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, 站在自家门口, in your own mirror 照着镜子,迎接自我的到来 and eac
Westron Wind, When Will Thou Blow Westron wind, when will thou blow? The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again.
He wishes for the cloths of heaven by W.B. Yeats 他希翼天国的锦缎 叶芝 Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, 若我有天国的锦缎, Enwrought with golden and silver light, 以金银色的光线编织, The blue and the dim and the dark cloth
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal from the Princess by Alfred Tennyson 《公主》的深红的花瓣睡着了 阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生 Now sleeps the crimson petal,now the white; 深红的花瓣睡着了,然后是白色的 Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk 柏树也不在舞摆于宫
Good God, What A Night That Was by Petronius Good God, what a night that was, The bed was so soft, and how we clung, Burning together, lying this way and that, Our uncontrollable passions Flowing thro
Take, Oh, Take Those Lips Away by John Fletcher Take, oh, take those lips away That so sweetly were forsworn And those eyes, like break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring aga
Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare 十四行诗 18 威廉·莎士比亚 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 我能把你比作夏日吗? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 尽管你更可爱、更温和; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 夏