Theocritus: A Villanelle

O Singer of Persephone!

In the dim meadows desolate

Dost thou remember Sicily?



Still through the ivy flits the bee

Where Amaryllis lies in state;

O Singer of Persephone!



Simætha calls on Hecate

And hears the wild dogs at the gate;

Dost thou remember Sicily?



Still by the light and laughing sea

Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate:

O Singer of Persephone!



And still in boyish rivalry

Young Daphnis challenges his mate:

Dost thou remember Sicily?



Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,

For thee the jocund shepherds wait,

O Singer of Persephone!

Dost thou remember Sicily?

忒奥克利托斯：维拉涅拉

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在幽暗、荒芜的牧场，

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蜜蜂倏地飞进常春藤，

阿玛丽丝堂皇地躺着，

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西玛萨前来拜访赫卡特，

听到一条野狗在门前狂吠，

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在明亮和欢笑的海边，

可怜的波吕斐摩为命运痛哭，

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年轻的达弗涅稚气未脱，

执拗地挑战自己的同伴，

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纤瘦的拉孔为你照管那山羊，

快乐的牧羊者都在期盼你，

哦，帕尔赛弗涅的歌手！

你是否还记得西西里？