So We‘ll Go No More A-Roving

So We’ll Go No More A-Roving
–George Gordon, Lord Byron
So we’ll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart still be as loving, And the moon still be as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul outwears the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we’ll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon.

好吧，我们不再一起漫游
消磨这幽深的夜晚，
尽管这颗心仍旧爱着，
尽管月光还是那么灿烂。
因为利剑能够磨破剑鞘，
灵魂也把胸膛磨得够受，
这颗心啊，
它得停下来呼吸，　　
爱情也得有歇息的时候。
虽然这夜晚整好倾诉衷肠，　　
很快的，很快又是白昼，
但我们已不再一起漫游，踏着这白色的月光。

☛☯
人是世间的匆匆过客，躯体是灵魂临时的依附之所；活着只是短暂的一瞬，死后才是永生。