2 TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY
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二 致夏洛蒂·普尔膝尼
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Ambrose Philips①
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安布罗斯·菲力普斯
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| Timely blossom, Infant fair, |
及时开的花，漂亮的女孩， |
| Fondling of a happy pair, |
幸福的爹妈心尖的爱， |
| Every morn and every night |
在每个清晨，每个良夜， |
| Their solicitous delight, |
你总是爹妈渴望的愉悦， |
| Sleeping, waking, still at ease, |
睡着，醒着，自由自在， |
| Pleasing, without skill to please; |
毫无机巧，却招人喜爱; |
| Little gossip, blithe and hale, |
咿呀说话，健康，欢欣， |
| Tattling many a broken tale, |
讲些个并不连贯的事情， |
| Singing many a tuneless song, |
唱多少歌子，全走了调， |
| Lavish of a heedless tongue; |
又说又唱，没完没了; |
| Simple maiden, void of art, |
单纯的幼女，天真无邪， |
| Babbling out the very heart, |
把一片童心向外倾泻， |
| Yet abandon'd to thy will, |
你无拘无束，随心随意， |
| Yet imagining no ill, |
不知道邪恶是什么东西， |
| Yet too innocent to blush; |
一派纯真，不懂得羞赧， |
| Like the linnet in the bush |
就像红雀在矮树林间 |
| To the mother-linnet's note |
跟随着红雀妈妈的歌声， |
| Moduling her slender throat; |
调整自己纤细的嗓音; |
| Chirping forth thy petty joys, |
咿呀唱出你小小的欢愉， |
| Wanton in the change of toys, |
调皮地变换着一件件玩具， |
| Like the linnet green, in May |
又像金翅鸟迎来五月， |
| Flitting to each bloomy spray; |
轻捷地飞向鲜花嫩叶; |
| Wearied then and glad of rest, |
要是累了就愉快地歇息， |
| Like the linnet in the nest: ---- |
仿佛红雀休憩在窝里：—— |
| This thy present happy lot, |
这一切是你今天的好运道， |
| This, in time will be forgot: |
这一切到时候会被忘掉： |
| Other pleasures, other cares, |
匆匆的时间将为你准备好 |
| Ever-busy Time prepares; |
别的欢乐和别的烦恼; |
| And thou shalt in thy daughter see, |
你将来在你的女儿身上 |
| This picture, once, resembled thee. |
会看到她同你多么相像。 |
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