Time Long Past
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Like the ghost of a dear friend dead
Is Time long past.
A tone which is now forever fled,
A hope which is now forever past,
A love so sweet it could not last,
Was Time long past.
There were sweet dreams in the night
Of Time long past:
And, was it sadness or delight,
Each day a shadow onward cast
Which made us wish it yet might last--
That Time long past.
There is regret, almost remorse,
For Time long past.
'Tis like a child's belovèd corse
A father watches, till at last
Beauty is like remembrance, cast
From Time long past.
久远的往昔
像一位已故好友的亡魂,
是那久远的往昔。
像一曲永远消逝的歌声,
像一个永远失却的希望。
像美好而难持久的爱情,
是那久远的往昔。
夜里曾有过甜蜜的梦,
在那久远的往昔。
不论是欢欣,还是酸楚,
每一天都向前投出一个影子。
使我们希望能长久留住——
那久远的往昔。
我们感到遗憾,甚至懊悔,
为了久远的往昔。
像一个孩子的尸体,
在他父亲看守下。
直到美变得像是记忆——
来自久远的往昔。
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