亞伯拉罕•考利

燕子 (虞美人)

傅正明譯

逗情語燕飛來早，
當戶啼清曉。
忍心驚夢入懷中，
銜去如泥轉眼杳無蹤。

朦朧睡意今猶在，
只怕夢園改，
風流一失半難求，
枉自喚來春色賦閑愁。

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Swallow

Foolish prater, what dost thou
So early at my window do?
Cruel bird, thou'st ta'en away
A dream out of my arms to-day;
A dream that ne'er must equall'd be

By all that waking eyes may see.
Thou this damage to repair
Nothing half so sweet and fair,
Nothing half so good, canst bring,
Tho' men say thou bring'st the Spring.

原載《英美抒情詩新譯》（台灣商務印書館，2012年）