介绍： This Life Which Seems So Fair
By William Drummond

This Life, which seems so fair,
Is like a bubble blown up in the air
By sporting children's breath,
Who chase it everywhere
And strive who can most motion it bequeath.
And though it sometimes seem of its own might
Like to an eye of gold to be fixed there,
And...

介绍： This Life Which Seems So Fair
By William Drummond

This Life, which seems so fair,
Is like a bubble blown up in the air
By sporting children's breath,
Who chase it everywhere
And strive who can most motion it bequeath.
And though it sometimes seem of its own might
Like to an eye of gold to be fixed there,
And firm to hover in that empty height,
That only is because it is so light.
But in that pomp it doth not long appear;
For when 'tis most admired, in a thought,
Because it erst was nought, it turns to nought.

看起来这般炫丽的生命
倒象是肥皂泡漂浮在空中，
由嬉戏的孩子们把它吹胀，
把它追逐到整个世尘，
努力使它不停息地飘荡。
虽然它有时也显得庄重，
象纯粹的黄金，凝固不变，
稳稳地翱翔在茫茫太空，
可这正是因为它过分轻飘。
——不能长久地保持它浮华的幻影；
因为哟，虽然它得到片刻的赞美，
可它本原就是虚无，定在虚无中消溶。

（曹明伦 译）