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
哦,帕尔赛弗涅的歌手!
在幽暗、荒芜的牧场,
你是否还记得西西里?
蜜蜂倏地飞进常春藤,
阿玛丽丝堂皇地躺着,
哦,帕尔赛弗涅的歌手!
西玛萨前来拜访赫卡特,
听到一条野狗在门前狂吠,
你是否还记得西西里?
在明亮和欢笑的海边,
可怜的波吕斐摩为命运痛哭,
哦,帕尔赛弗涅的歌手!
年轻的达弗涅稚气未脱,
执拗地挑战自己的同伴,
你是否还记得西西里?
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?