John Donne | Go and catch a fall

Go and catch a falling star,

去吧，抓住那陨落的星，

Get with child a mandrake root,

去吧，催那蔓陀罗生芽，

Tell me where all past years are,

告诉我，逝去年华何处寻踪，

Or who cleft the devil's foot,

告诉我，谁能劈开魔鬼之足，

Teach me to hear mermaids singing,

教教我，如何聆听美人鱼歌唱，

Or to keep off envy's stinging,

教教我，如何抵御妒忌者诽谤，

And find

快找找，

What wind

是什么风，

Serves to advance an honest mind.

能吹来真诚的心？

If thou be'st born to strange sights,

若你天赋异禀，

Things invisible to see,

就能窥见奇迹，

Ride ten thousand days and nights,

请你骑马昼夜不息，

Till age snow white hairs on thee,

直到发白如霜如雪。

Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,

你再回来同我说说，

All strange wonders that befell thee,

你偶遇的形形色色。

And swear,

你会发誓，

No where lives a woman true, and fair.

世上没有女子既美又纯洁。

If thou find'st one, let me know,

若你能寻到，就让我知道，

Such a pilgrimage were sweet;

这样的朝圣之旅真是美妙；

Yet do not, I would not go,

若你寻不到，我就不前往，

Though at next door we might meet,

虽然我们可能邂逅在隔壁，

Though she were true, when you met her,

你见到她时，她真实存在，

And last, till you write your letter：

直到后来你写下这信：

Yet she will be

她可能

False, ere I come, to two, or three.

在我来之前，已有两三人光临。

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John Donne | Go and catch a falling star