The Arrow and the Song(箭与歌) H.W. Longfellow(H.W.朗费罗)英语原文、中文翻译

The Arrow and the Song

H. W. Longfellow

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where,

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight,

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where,

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the fight of song?

Long, long afterwards, in an oak,

I found the arrow, still unbroken.

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

箭与歌

H.W.朗费罗

我将一支箭射向高空，

落在何处，无从知晓。

它飞得如此之快，

让视线无从追及。

我向高空哼了一支歌，

它消失于地面，不知去向。

谁的目光如此犀利，

能追及歌声的飞扬。

很久很久之后，在一棵橡树上，我找到了那支箭，依然完好。而那支箭，从头到尾，

我发现它深印于友人心中。