＂Gather ye rose-buds＂

Robert Herrick


Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
    Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun,
    The higher he's a-getting
The sooner will his race be run,
    And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
    When youth and blood are warmer:
But being spent, the worse, and worst
    Times, still succeed the former.

Then, be not coy, but use your time;
    And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
    You may for ever tarry.




快摘玫瑰蕾


趁你還年少，快摘玫瑰蕾，
時光在飛走，片刻不停留；
今天的花朵笑意迎迎，
明日一早就會凋零。

太陽，這光輝燦爛的天燈，
正爬上天頂，
很快就會落下山，
轉眼間跑完全程。

年少的人風華正貌，
溫暖的血液充滿青春；
歲月的痕跡漸漸爬上眉稍，
很快就把春華送走。

別忸怩做態，要抓緊時機，
趁年輕找好伴侶；
因為韶華如逝水，
一刻不停留。







羅勃.赫里克　（１５９１－１６７４）
英國中世紀抒情詩人，以田園和愛情抒情詩最為出色。