Sweet Is the Rose  玫瑰多美啊        

Sweet Is the Rose    一Edmund Spenser

Sweet is the Rose, but grows upon a brere;
sweet is the lunipere, but sharpe his bough;
sweet is the Eglantine, but pricketh nere;
sweet is the firbloome, but his braunches rough.
Sweet is the Cypresse, but his rynd is tough,
sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill;
sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough;
and sweet is Moly, but his root is ill.
So every sweet with soure is tempred still,
that maketh it be coueted the more:
for easie things that may be got at will, most sorts of men doe set but little store.
sweet is the lunipere, but sharpe his bough;
sweet is the Eglantine, but pricketh nere;
sweet is the firbloome, but his braunches rough.
Sweet is the Cypresse, but his rynd is tough,
sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill;
sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough;
and sweet is Moly, but his root is ill.
So every sweet with soure is tempred still,
that maketh it be coueted the more:
for easie things that may be got at will,

most sorts of men doe set but little store.
Why then should I accoumpt of little paine,
that endlesse pleasure shall vnto me gaine.

玫瑰多美呵
                          一埃德蒙·斯宾塞

玫瑰多美呵，可每朵长刺;

杜松多美呵，可枝桠锐利;

野蔷薇多美呵，可刺入嫩肌;

枞树多美呵，可枝柯粗厉;

柏树多美呵，可树皮坚无比，

硕果多美呵，可果皮涩而苦;

金雀花多美呵，可酸得出奇;

牟菜花多美呵，可根儿烂到底。

甘美的万物都混杂酸味，

却令人迷恋，如醉如痴;

凡是唾手可得的东西，

人们都弃之若敝屣;

我何不忍受细微苦痛，

终于能换来乐趣无穷?!

                                孙梁  （译）