For the spring days come again time after time； the full moon takes leave and comes on another visit， the fower come again and blush upon their branches year after year， and it is likely that I take my leave only to come to you again.
But keep the illusion awhile； do not send it away with ungentle haste.
When I say I leave you for all time， accept it as true， and let a mist of tears for one moment deepen the dark rim of your eyes.
Then smile as archly as you like when I come again.
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我想对你说出我要说的最深的话语，我不敢，我怕你讪笑。
因此我嘲笑自己，把我的秘密在玩笑中打碎。
我把我的痛苦说得轻松，因为怕你会这样做。
我想对你说出我要说的最真的话语，我不敢，我怕你不信。
因此我弄真成假，说出和我的真心相反的话。
我把我的痛苦说得可笑，因为我怕你会这样做。
我想用最宝贵的名词来形容你，我不敢，我怕得不到相当的酬报。
因此我给你安上苛刻的名字，而夸示我的硬骨。
我伤害你，因为怕你永远不知道我的痛苦。
我渴望静默地坐在你的身旁，我不敢，怕我的心会跳到我的唇上。
因此我轻松地说东道西，把我的心藏在语言的后面。
我粗暴地对待我的痛苦，因为我怕你会这样做。
我渴望从你身边走开，我不敢，怕你看出我的懦怯。
因此我随随便便地昂首走到你的面前。
从你眼里频频掷来的刺激，使我的痛苦永远新鲜。
I long to speak the deepest words I have to say to you； but I dare not， for fear you should laugh.
That is why I laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest.
I make light of my pain， afraid you should do so.
I long to tell you the truest words I have to say you； but I dare not， being afraid that you would not believe them.
That is why I disguise them in untruth， saying the contrary of what I mean.
I make my pain appear absurd， afraid that you should do so.
I long to use the most precious words I have for you； but I dare not， fearing I should not be paid with like value.
That is why I give you hard names and boast of my callous strength.
I hurt you， for fear you would never know any pain.
I long to sit silent by you； but I dare not lest my heart come out at my lips.
That is why I prattle and chatter lightly and hide my heart behind words.
I rudely handle my pain， for fear you should do so.
I long to go away from your side； but I dare not， for fear my cowardice should become known to you.
That is why I hold my head high and carelessly come into your presence.
Constant thrusts from your eyes keep my pain fresh for ever.
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呵，疯狂的、头号的醉汉；
如果你踢开门户在大众面前装疯；
如果你在一夜倒空囊橐，对慎重轻蔑地弹着指头；
如果你走着奇怪的道路，和无益的东西游戏；
不理会韵律和理性；
如果你在风暴前扯起船帆，你把船舵折成两半，
那么我就要跟随你，伙伴，喝得烂醉走向堕落灭亡。
我在稳重聪明的街坊中间虚度了日日夜夜。
过多的知识使我白了头发，过多的观察使我眼力模糊。
多年来我积攒了许多零碎的东西；
把这些东西摔碎，在上面跳舞，把它们散掷到风中去吧。
因为我知道喝得烂醉而堕落灭亡，是最高的智慧。
让一切歪曲的顾虑消亡吧，让我无望地迷失了路途。
让一阵旋风吹来，把我连船锚一齐卷走。
世界上住着高尚的人，劳动的人，有用又聪明。
有的人很从容地走在前头，有的人庄重地走在后面。
让他们快乐繁荣吧，让我傻呆的无用吧。
因为我知道喝得烂醉而堕落灭亡，是一切工作的结局。
我此刻誓将一切的要求，让给正人君子。
我抛弃我学识的自豪和是非的判断。
我打碎记忆的瓶壶，挥洒最后的眼泪。
以红果酒的泡沫来洗澡，使我欢笑发出光辉。
我暂且撕裂温恭和认真的标志。
我将发誓做一个无用的人，喝得烂醉而堕落灭亡下去。
O mad， superbly drunk； If you kick open your doors and play the fool in public；
If you empty your bag in a night， and snap your fngers at prudence；
If you walk in curious paths and play with useless things；
Reck not rhyme or reason；
If unfurling your sails before the storm you snap the rudder in two，
Then I will follow you， comrade， and be drunken and go to the dogs.
I have wasted my days and nights in the company of steady wise neighbors.
Much knowing has turned my hair grey， and much watching has made my sight dim.
For years I have gathered and heaped up scraps and fragments of them：
Crush them and dance upon them， and scatter them all to the winds.
For I know'tis the height of wisdom to be drunken and go to the dogs.
Let all crooked scruples vanish， let me hopelessly lose my way.
Let a gust of wild giddiness come and sweep me away from my anchors.
The world is peopled with worthies， and workers， useful and clever.
There are men who are easily first， and men who come decently after.
Let them be happy and prosper， and let me be foolishly futile.
For I know'tis the end of all works to be drunken and go to the dogs.
I swear to surrender this moment all claims to the ranks of the decent.
I let go my pride of learning and judgment of right and of wrong.
I'll shatter memory's vessel， scattering the last the drop of tears.
With the foam of the berry-red wine I will bathe and brighten my laughter.
The badge of the civil and staid I'll tear into shreds for the nonce.
I'll take the holy vow to be worthless， to be drunken and go to the dogs.
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不，我的朋友，我永不会做一个苦行者，随便你怎么说。
我将永不做一个苦行者，假如她不和我一同受戒。
这是我坚定的决心，如果我找不到一个阴凉的住处和一个忏悔的伴侣，我将永远不会变成一个苦行者。
不，我的朋友，我将永不离开我的炉火与家庭，去退隐到深林里面；
如果在林阴中没有欢笑的回响，如果没有郁金色的衣裙在风中飘扬；
如果它的幽静不因有轻柔的微语而加深。
我将永不会做一个苦行者。
No， my friends， I shall never be an ascetic， whatever you may say.
I shall never be an ascetic if she does not take the vow with me.
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a companion for my penance， I shall never turn ascetic.
No， my friends， I shall never leave my hearth and home， and retire into the forest solitude；
If rings no merry laughter in its echoing shade and if the end of no saffron mantle futters in the wind；
If its silence is not deepened by soft whispers.
I shall never be an ascetic.
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尊敬的长者，饶恕这一对罪人吧。
今天春风猖狂地吹起旋舞，把尘土和枯叶都扫走了，你的功课也随着一起丢掉了。
师父，不要说生命是虚空的。
因为我们和死亡订下一次合约，在一段温馨的时间中，我俩变成不朽。
即使是国王的军队凶猛地前来追捕，我们将忧愁地摇头说，弟兄们，你们扰乱了我们了。如果你们必须做这个吵闹的游戏，到别处去敲击你们的武器吧。因为我们刚在这片刻飞逝的时光中变成不朽。
如果亲切的人们来把我们围起，我们将恭敬地向他们鞠躬说，这个荣幸使我们惭愧。
在我们居住的无限天空之中，没有多少隙地。因为在春天，繁花盛开，蜜蜂的忙碌的翅翼也彼此摩挤。只住着我们两个仙人的小天堂，是狭小得太可笑了。
Reverend sir， forgive this pair of sinners.
Spring winds to-day are blowing in wild eddies， driving dust and dead leaves away， and with them your lessons are all lost.
Do not say， father， that life is a vanity.
For me have made truce with death for once， and only for a few fragrant hours we two have been made immortal.
Even if the king's army came and fercely fell upon us we should sadly shake our heads and say， Brothers， you are disturbing us. If you must have this noisy game， go and clatter your arms elsewhere.
Since only for a few feeting moments we have been made immortal.