When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
“The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
’Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.”
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.
当我二十一岁时，
有位智者对我说：
“宁献皇冠与金银，
莫将真心丢却了。
宁献奇珍与异宝，
莫将自由丢却了。”
可我那时二十一，
所说之言有何益。
当我二十一岁时，
又听智者来相劝：
“平白无故掏心肝，
纵使多情也枉然。
你将徒留长叹息，
还将从此作悔恨。”
转眼长大又一年，
诚如斯人所预言。
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