～约翰·济慈
1
死亡可是睡眠？如果生命不过是一场梦，
极乐的场面只是一掠而过的鬼魅？
瞬息即逝的欢闹，就如同一个幻象，
而我们却以为，死亡是最大的痛苦。
2
多么奇怪啊，人竟然要在尘世上游荡，
度过悲哀的一生，却不愿意脱离
那崎岖不平的路径；也不敢预想一下
将来所谓命定的结局，不过是梦醒。
（桔子 译）
On Death
~ John Keats
I.
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.
II.
How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.
