梦中梦
作者：爱伦·坡
不能再吻你的额头，
到了再见的时候，
我不得不说－
你是对的，我的生活
不过是一场梦。
但是，如果希望已经飞走
无论在夜里，或在白天，
无论在幻想，或在虚无中，
那么它是否会因此留下一些什么呢？
我们所看到、所感受的一切
不过是一场梦中的梦。
我站在
怒涛彭湃的海岸边，
我的手中
攥着金黄的沙粒－
留不住啊！它们快速地
穿过我的手指而去，
我哭了－我哭了！
哦，上帝！为什么我不能
牢牢地抓住它们？
哦，上帝！为什么我不能
从这无情的波涛中救出一个？
难道我们所看到、所感受的一切
不过是一场梦中的梦？
附英语原诗：
A Dream Within A Dream (by Chandeen)
Edgar Allan Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
顺便再贴一首艾伦·坡的诗，也是被人当作歌词唱过的。
Eldorado
Edgar Allen Poe
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old -
This knight so bold -
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow -
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be -
This land of Eldorado?"
"Over the mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied -
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
爱尔朵拉多[注1]
作者：爱伦·坡
衣着华丽，
一豪侠骑士
披着阳光披着阴影
远道而来，
唱着一支歌，
要去寻找爱尔朵拉多。
他不再少壮，
这骑士太鲁莽－－
他心中蒙上一片阴影，
当他发现
世界上没一个
地方像是爱尔朵拉多。
他的气力
终于耗尽，
这时遇见一朝圣者的影子－－
“影子，”他问，
“它会在哪里－－
那个地方，爱尔朵拉多？”
“翻过山去，
月亮上的山，
再沿着影子溪谷下去，
勇往直前，”
影子回答说：
“如果你找爱尔朵拉多。”
译注：1.原文为Eldorado，多为El Dorado，黄金国、幸福的理想之地。
- 专辑：Pandora's Box
- 歌手：Chandeen
- 歌曲：A Dream Within A Dream