双语·英美爱情诗歌选 3　鸟儿回旋曲

3. The Bird Rondel

——Geoffrey Chaucer

Now welcome, summer, with thy sunshine soft,

This wintry weather thou wilt overtake,

And drive away the night so long and black!

Saint Valentine, thou who art crowned aloft,

The little birds are signing for thy sake:

Now welcome, summer, with thy sunshine soft,

This wintry weather thou wilt overtake.

They have good reason to be glad, and oft,

Since each has found his mate in bush and brake.

O blissful they sing when they awake:

Now welcome, summer, with thy sunshine soft,

This wintry weather thou wilt overtake,

And drive away the night so long and black!