《秋頌》

To Autumn
John Keats

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,

這季節屬於濛霧及豐醇的果實，

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

是太陽在歲月成熟中與之親近的密友；

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

共同商量著如何賦重並祝福，

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;

葡萄串滿的藤蔓，茅草屋簷攀爬著，

To bend with apples the mossd cottage-trees,

蘋果壓彎的果樹，綠蘚小屋依偎著，

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

以致水果全部熟透到心；

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

使得葫蘆膨脹，並用香甜的核仁

With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,

撐起榛果殼，使得百花抽芽更盛，

And still more, later flowers for the bees,

還有更多更遲的花為蜜蜂而開，

Until they think warm days will never cease,

直到蜜蜂以為日子溫暖永不停止，

For summer has oer-brimmd their clammy cells.

只因濕黏的蜂巢，夏天早已溢出。

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Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?

誰不見你常在儲藏之內？

Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find

有時向外尋你的，或許會發現

Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,

你坐在穀倉地上恍惚不聞，

Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;

髮被簸穀的揚風，輕輕吹起，

Or on a half-reapd furrow sound asleep,

又或許，你在半收稼的犁溝上酣眠而睡，

Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook

昏沉沉薰了罌粟煙，那時你的鐮刀

Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:

不割下一畦連同交纏其中的花朵：

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep

有時又像拾穗之人，勉強

Steady thy laden head across a brook;

撐起載物重心而涉溪不墜；

Or by a cider-press, with patient look,

有時或在蘋果釀酒處，痴痴凝視，

Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.

你看著餘盡幾滴滲出，消磨所有時光。

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Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?

如今春的歌在何處呢？今在何處呢？

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

春的歌不要想，你的音樂你仍有！

While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,

此刻雲朵被條紋劃開，綻放著瀕死消散的白日，

And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

枯紅餘暉碰觸著殘株短梗的田野，

Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn

而後哀悼的合唱中，悲鳴著蚊蚋

Among the river sallows, borne aloft

在河邊楊柳之間，托舉空中，

Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;

或跌落低處，隨著輕風生起消散；

And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;

還有足齡的羔羊，在山稜邊界大聲啼叫，

Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft

籬邊蟋蟀仍唱；如今高音轉弱了

The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft,

紅襟鳥從小園圃吹訊號，

And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

集結將離的燕子在四方天際而鳴。

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