YoungLove（VI）少女的爱之六

齐云

Young Love（VI）

By Sara Tealsdale

I plucked a daisy in the fields,
  And there beneath the sun
    I let its silver petals fall
  One after one.

I said, "He loves me, loves me not,"
  And oh, my heart beat fast,
     The flower was kind, it let me say
  "He loves me," last.

I kissed the little leafless stem,
  But oh, my poor heart knew
    The words the flower had said to me,
  They were not true.

少女的爱之六

文/莎拉•蒂斯黛尔  译/齐云

在阳光之下农田之畔
    摘下雏菊一朵
还将银色的雏菊花瓣
    片片撕扯

口中数着“不爱我，爱我......”
    心在瞬间狂跳
善良花朵给出的结果
    十分美妙

感谢亲吻光秃的细梗
    心中理性尚存
雏菊所说是一个美梦  
    未必成真

译后记：原诗抑扬格，每节第一、三行四步，第二行三步，末行两步，偶行韵。