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爱的花园

The Garden of Love

《爱的花园》

——by William Blake

I laid me down upon a bank,

我躺卧在岸上，

Where Love lay sleeping;

那里爱睡正香。

I heard among the rushes dank

我听见灯心草丛里，

Weeping, weeping.

阵阵哭声响。

Then I went to the heath and the wild,

我去荒野的石南树丛，

To the thistles and thorns of the waste;

去蓟草，荆棘之地。

And they told me how they were beguiled,

它们告诉我如何被诱骗，

Driven out, and compelled to the chaste.

被驱赶，被迫禁欲。

I went to the Garden of Love,

我去到爱的花园，

And saw what I never had seen;

看见从未见过的景象。

A Chapel was built in the midst,

园中盖起了一座教堂，

Where I used to play on the green.

在我玩耍过的草地上。

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,

这座教堂把门统统关上，

And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;

门上写着“禁止”两个大字，

So I turned to the Garden of Love

我转身寻找爱的花园，

That so many sweet flowers bore.

那里曾开满鲜花无数。

And I saw it was filled with graves,

如今我只见处处坟墓，

And tombstones where flowers should be;

墓碑占了鲜花的地方。

And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,

穿黑袍的教士们来回巡查，

And binding with briars my joys and desires.

还用荆条捆起我的欢乐和欲望。