If I should cease to bring a Rose
Upon a festal day,
'Twill be because beyond the Rose
I have been called away -
If I should cease to take the names
My buds commemorate -
'Twill be because Death's finger
Claps my murmuring lip!
c.1858 |
1945 |
如果我不再带玫瑰花来
庆贺某个节日,
那将是因为我已被叫回
到了玫瑰那一边。
如果我不再呼唤着名字
纪念未能开放的花蕾
那将是因为死神用手指
挡住了我说话的嘴。