《诗歌外编》
III
第三首
年轻的亚当在伊甸园漫步
When Adam Walked in Eden Young
英国 A. E. 豪斯曼原著
Alfred Edward Housman (1859 – 1936)
徐家祯翻译
When Adam walked in Eden young,
Happy, 'tis writ, was he,
While high the fruit of knowledge hung
Unbitten on the tree.
Happy was he the livelong day;
I doubt 'tis written wrong:
The heart of man, for all they say,
Was never happy long.
And now my feet are tired of rest,
And here they will not stay,
And the soul fevers in my breast
And aches to be away.