假狮子

(Ella Wheeler Wilcox, translated by Viv)

孤独

你笑，世界一同欢笑；
你哭，却只独自啜泣。
这衰败的土地须借着世间的欢喜，
自个儿烦心事却总数不清。
你唱，山野一同回应；
你叹，气息散尽空里。
回声总爱紧随愉悦之音，
哀伤之音却不曾在意。

你欢喜，人们来到身旁；
你忧愁，人们扭头离场。
你的快乐他们每一寸都得知晓，
你的哀痛他们没一点儿需要。
高兴时，你有好友无数；
难过时，一个都见不着。
醇美的佳酿谁都愿分一杯，
人生的苦胆你却独自品味。

宴席之日，人们纷至沓来；
禁食之日，人们过而不入。
让成功与奉献助你生存吧，
而世上却无人助你死亡。
快乐的厅堂如此宽敞，
气派的长列车尚可通行；
痛苦的走廊那么狭窄，
我们只得一个接一个地，孤独前进。

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Solitude

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.