When We Two Parted

Lord George Gordon Byron

When we two parted

In silence and tears,

Half broken-hearted

To sever for years,

Pale grew thy cheek and cold,

Colder thy kiss;

Truly that hour foretold

Sorrow to this.

The dew of the morning

Sunk chill on my brow--

It felt like the warning

Of what I feel now.

Thy vows are all broken,

And light is thy fame;

I hear thy name spoken,

And share in its shame.

They name thee before me,

A knell to mine ear;

A shrudder comes o’er me--

Why wert thou so dear?

They know not I knew thee,

Who knew thee so well--

Long, long I shall rue thee,

Too deeply to tell.

In secret we met—

In silence I grieve,

That thy heart could forget,

Thy spirit deceive

If I should meet thee

After long years,

How should I greet thee?--

With silence and tears.

昔日依依別

拜倫

程錫麟譯

昔日依依別， 淚流默無言;

離恨肝腸斷， 此別又幾年。

冷頰向愕然， 一吻寒更添;

日后傷心事， 此刻已預言。

朝起寒露重， 凜冽凝眉間。

彼時已預告： 悲傷在今天。

山盟今安在? 汝名何輕賤!

吾聞汝名傳， 羞愧在人前。

聞汝名聲惡， 猶如聽喪鐘。

不禁心怵惕， 往昔情太濃。

誰知舊日情， 斯人知太深。

綿綿長懷恨， 盡在不言中。

昔日喜幽會， 今朝恨無聲。

舊情汝已忘， 癡心遇薄幸。

多年惜別后， 抑或再相逢，

相逢何所語? 淚流默無聲。