幻影

幻影

 

梦中希望是梦一场，

   只是场梦； 现已醒悟，

极度的不适、疲惫与陈旧，

   为梦想故。

 

我把竖琴挂在树上，

   湖中的那棵垂柳树；

竖琴那里挂，拧紧并弹响

   为梦想故。

 

安静，安静，破碎的心；

   沉默的心，安静，伤透：

生活、世界和自己，都改变

   为梦想故。

 

Mirage

The hope I dreamed of was a dream,

  Was but a dream; and now I wake,

Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,

  For a dream's sake.

 

I hang my harp upon a tree,

  A weeping willow in a lake;

I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snapt

  For a dream's sake.

 

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;

  My silent heart, lie still and break:

Life, and the world, and [mine]1 own self, are changed

  For a dream's sake.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti , "Mirage", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862