Amoretti — Sonnet 75

1. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 By Edmond Spenser A great poet in the English Renaissance

2. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 One day I wrote her name upon the strand, 有一天，我把她名字写在沙滩， seashore But came the waves and washed it away: 但海浪来了，把那个名字冲跑：

3. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 again Agayne I wrote it with a second hand, 我用手再一次把它写了一遍， pains But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. animal hunted for food 但潮水来了，把我的辛苦又吞掉。 prey, tide

4. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 said does vain, conceited try, attempt “Vayne man, ” sayd she,“that doest in vaine assay, give endless life “自负的人呵，”她说：“你这是徒劳， A mortall thing so to immortalize, that does try in vain so to give endless life to a thing that must die 妄想使世间凡俗的事物不朽; mortal, that cannot live forever

5. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 lose power and vigor like this myself For I my selve shall lyke to this decay, decay lyke this 我本身就会像这样云散烟消， be wiped also like And eek my name bee wypéd out lykewize.” 我的名字也同样会化为乌有。” likewise, similarly

6. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 “Not so,” quod I , “let baser thing devize, “不，”我说：“让低贱的东西去筹谋 manage, plan quoth said the thing considered as worthless To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame : 死亡之路，但你将靠美名而永活： die dust:葬身地;in the dust:死了

7. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 virtues My verse your vertues rare shall eternize, 我的诗将使你的美德长留， last and exist for ever And in the heavens wryte your glorious name. 并把你光辉的名字写在天国。 write

8. Amoretti—Sonnet 75 whereas Where whenas death shall all the world subdew, 死亡可以征服整个的世界， defeat subdue Our love shall live, and later life renew.” 我们的爱将长存，生命永不灭。” renew later life 胡家峦 译