幻影

幻影

 

夢中希望是夢一場，

   隻是場夢； 現已醒悟，

極度的不適、疲憊與陳舊，

   為夢想故。

 

我把豎琴掛在樹上，

   湖中的那棵垂柳樹；

豎琴那裏掛，擰緊並彈響

   為夢想故。

 

安靜，安靜，破碎的心；

   沉默的心，安靜，傷透：

生活、世界和自己，都改變

   為夢想故。

 

Mirage

The hope I dreamed of was a dream,

  Was but a dream; and now I wake,

Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,

  For a dream's sake.

 

I hang my harp upon a tree,

  A weeping willow in a lake;

I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snapt

  For a dream's sake.

 

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;

  My silent heart, lie still and break:

Life, and the world, and [mine]1 own self, are changed

  For a dream's sake.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti , "Mirage", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862