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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