Longfellow <The Arrow and the Song>

作者：雪泥

时间：2006-1-08 周日, 下午6:15

The Arrow and the Song

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I SHOT an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

箭和歌

朗费罗（美国19世纪诗人）

编译/雪泥

我向空中射一枝箭,

不知它掉在了何方。

它飞得如此疾速，

眼睛跟不上它的影踪。

我向空中吐出一首歌，

不知它掉在了哪里。

谁有这么敏锐、这么厉害的视力

跟随它的飞奔？

很久，很久以后，在橡树上

我找到了那枝箭，它还不曾毁损。

还有那首歌，从头至尾

我在一个友人的心间把它觅到。

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