A Psalm of Life 人生禮頌

By Herry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not in mournful numbers, 請(qǐng)別用哀傷的詩(shī)句對(duì)我講；

Life is but an empty dream!

人生呵，無(wú)非是虛夢(mèng)一場(chǎng)！

For the soul is dead that slumbers 因?yàn)槌了�的靈魂如死一般，

And things are not what they seem. 事物的表里并不如一。

Life is real! Life is earnest!

人生是實(shí)在的！人生是熱烈的！

And the grave is not its goal;

人生的目標(biāo)決不是墳?zāi)梗?/p>

Dust thou art , to dust returnest,

你是塵土，應(yīng)歸于塵土。

Was not spoken of the soul.

此話指的并不是我們的精神。

Not enjoyment , and not sorrow, 我們的歸宿并不是快樂(lè)，

Is our destined and our way;

也不是悲傷，

But to act, 實(shí)干

That much to-morrow.

才是我們的道路，

Find us farther than to-day.

每天不斷前進(jìn)，蒸蒸蒸日上。

Art is long , and time is fleeting. 光陰易逝，而藝海無(wú)涯，

And our hearts , though stout and brave. 我們的心哪——雖然勇敢堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，

Still , like muffled drums , are beating

卻像被布蒙住的銅鼓，

Funeral marches to the grave.

常把殯葬的哀樂(lè)擂響。

In the world’s broad field of battle,

在這人生的宿營(yíng)地，

In the bivouac of Life,

在這遼闊的世界戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，

Be not like dumb,driven cattle!

別做無(wú)言的牲畜任人驅(qū)趕，

Be a hero in the strife!

做一名英雄漢立馬橫槍?zhuān)?/p>

Trust no future, howe’er pleasant!

別相信未來(lái)，哪怕未來(lái)多么歡樂(lè)！

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

讓死去的往昔將死亡一切埋葬！

Act,act in the living Present!

上帝在上，我們胸懷勇氣，

Let us,then,be up and doing,

讓我們起來(lái)干吧，

With a heart for any fate;

下定決心，不管遭遇怎樣；

Still achieving,still pursuing

不斷勝利，不斷追求，

Learn to labour and to wait.

要學(xué)會(huì)苦干和耐心等待。