佚 名（譯）

THERE are gains for all our losses,

There are balms for all our pain:

But when youth,the dream,departs,

It takes something from our hearts,

And it never comes again.

We are stronger,and are better,

Under manhood's sterner reign:

Still we feel that something sweet

Following youth,with flying feet,

And will never come again.

Something beautiful is vanished,

And we sigh for it in vain:

We behold it everywhere,

On the earth,and in the air,

But it never comes again.

我們失去的一切都能得到補(bǔ)償，

我們所有的痛苦都能得到安慰；

可是夢境似的青春一旦消逝，

它帶走了我們心中的某種美好，

從此一去不復(fù)返。

在“高壓”的成年生活驅(qū)使下，

我們變得日益剛強(qiáng)、更臻完美；

可是依然感到甜美的情感，

已隨著青春飛逝，

不再返回。

美好已經(jīng)消逝，

我們枉自為此嘆息；

盡管在天地之間，

我們處處能見青春的魅力，

可是它不再返回！