Sunday, October 6, 2019

2「成功最甜蜜」SUCCESS is counted sweetest

成功最甜蜜,

不成功的人這樣想。

對花蜜的理解,

來自最痛楚的需求。

所有的紫袍東道主,

如今得勝旗在手,

卻無人能定義勝利,

如那人清楚—

敗後死去的最後一刻,

他失聰的耳裡,

遙遙幾絲勝利的歡呼

傳入,既揪心又清楚!


(譯注:紫色,歐洲皇家貴族與神職人員的服色,代表勝利當權者。)

(老哈譯,2019.7.20前)


SUCCESS is counted sweetest

By those who ne’er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host

Who took the flag to-day

Can tell the definition,

So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph

Break, agonized and clear.

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