2008-07-22 06:37:14蒼子
Friend Is a Gift
Friend Is a Gift
Beautiful gifts in all the shops
I saw as I passed by;
Silver and jewels and costly robes
Gifts that money can buy
I have none of these beautiful gifts
Nothing in silver and gold;
Yet I am giving a gift to you
Within your heart to hold
Something that thieves can never steal
That rust cannot decay,
But valued more than the gifts I saw
In the window-shops, today
Something that lives through passing years
Something steadfast and true
This is the gift I’m giving today
My enduring friendship for you.
Agnes Dovenpori Bond
友誼是禮物
我從禮品店走過
瞧見許多精美的禮物
金銀珠寶和昂貴的衣服
儘是金錢能買到的禮物
這些有錢的禮物
我一項也沒有
但是我送您一項禮物
在您心中永存不朽
竊盜不能偷
又不會生銹
比櫥窗裏的商品
更是希世難求
有些東西長年保存
有些東西歷久彌新
願我今天送您的友誼
萬古常新。
龐德
Beautiful gifts in all the shops
I saw as I passed by;
Silver and jewels and costly robes
Gifts that money can buy
I have none of these beautiful gifts
Nothing in silver and gold;
Yet I am giving a gift to you
Within your heart to hold
Something that thieves can never steal
That rust cannot decay,
But valued more than the gifts I saw
In the window-shops, today
Something that lives through passing years
Something steadfast and true
This is the gift I’m giving today
My enduring friendship for you.
Agnes Dovenpori Bond
友誼是禮物
我從禮品店走過
瞧見許多精美的禮物
金銀珠寶和昂貴的衣服
儘是金錢能買到的禮物
這些有錢的禮物
我一項也沒有
但是我送您一項禮物
在您心中永存不朽
竊盜不能偷
又不會生銹
比櫥窗裏的商品
更是希世難求
有些東西長年保存
有些東西歷久彌新
願我今天送您的友誼
萬古常新。
龐德