When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
当我害怕我将消逝
John Keats · 约翰·济慈
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
当我害怕，我或许将就此消逝，
笔尖还来不及收尽我满溢的心绪，
来不及把高叠的书卷，以文字
像丰饶的谷仓那样装满成熟的谷粒；
当我仰望夜空那张缀满星辰的脸，
看见大团云影如一部崇高的传奇，
想到自己或许再也无法
用那有魔力的手去描摹它们的影子；
当我感到，你这须臾即逝的美人！
我将再也见不到你的面容，
再也不能体味那不加思索的爱
所拥有的仙术般的欢愉；——于是站在
这辽阔世界的岸边，我孑然独立，思索，
直到爱与声名都沉入虚无。
济慈预感早逝，写下对未竟之业与未竟之爱的忧惧，凄美而克制。