双语诗歌欣赏：温和的季节

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　　The Soote Season
        　　Herry Howard
        　　The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
        　　With green hath and the hill and eke the vale;
        　　The nightingale with feathers new she sings;
        　　The turtle to her mate hath told her tale.
        　　Summer is come, for every spray now spings;
        　　The hart hath hung his old head on the pale;
        　　The buck in brake his winter coat he flings;
        　　The fishes float with new repair'd scale;
        　　The adder all her slough away she slings;
        　　The swift swallow pursueth the flies' small;
        　　The busy bee her honey now she mings.
        　　Winter is worn, that was the flowers' bale.
        　　And thus I see among these pleasant things,
        　　Each care decays, and yet my sorrow spings.
        　　温和的季节
        　　亨利·霍华德
        　　温和的季节，催生叶芽和花蕾，
        　　绿树青草覆盖了山峦和山谷，
        　　换上新羽毛的夜莺把歌声放飞，
        　　斑鸠对她的伴侣倾诉心曲。
        　　夏日来临，繁花茂叶压弯了树枝根根，
        　　雄鹿把他暗褐色的角挂上篱桩，
        　　公羊把他的冬装遗弃于灌木丛，
        　　披上新鳞的鱼儿漂浮在水上。
        　　蛇儿蜕去她的旧皮，
        　　轻捷的燕子追逐着小小的苍蝇，
        　　忙碌的蜜蜂正在酿造花蜜，
        　　严冬，戕害花儿的凶煞，如今筋疲力尽。
        　　目光所至，万物一片生机，一览无余，
        　　忧郁的事在消亡，悲哀依然袭上我的心头。