When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be——John Keats

当我担忧生命就此停息时

陈绍鹏 译

When I have fears that I may cease to be

在我的笔收集丰富的才思前

Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,

我担忧生命就此停息，

Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,

来不及把文字变成高高堆起的书籍，

Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;

如同丰饶的谷仓储藏饱满、成熟的谷粒；

When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,

当我凝视着，繁星满天的夜幕上，

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

浩瀚云彩所象征的非凡情韵，

And think that I may never live to trace

即使是出现神来之笔

Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;

此生我也无法描绘它们的云影；

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,

当我意识到，转瞬即逝的佳人，

That I shall never look upon thee more,

也许我再也不能见到你，

Never have relish in the faery power

无法领略受爱情驱使的梦幻魅力

Of unreflecting love—then on the shore

——于是，在辽阔世界的岸边

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

我独自伫立，思虑

Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

直到爱情与名誉没入虚无里。