Why Flowers Change Colour——Robert Herrick

鲜花为什么变色

陈绍鹏 译

These fresh beauties, we can prove,

我们能够证明，这些容光焕发的佳丽，

Once were virgins, sick of love,

曾经是为爱痴迷的少女，

Turn'd to flowers: still in some,

她们化作鲜花：有些花一如往昔，

Colours go and colours come.

色彩时而映现，时而逝去。