The Human Seasons｜人生四時

by John Keats (1818)

Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
度量以四時，丈測而知年；
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
精神人皆有，四時動其念：
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
魂中有春意，靈思清明現，
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
無須費力使，大美在眼前；

He has his Summer, when luxuriously
魂中有盛夏，豐華如饗宴，
Springs honied cud of youthful thought he loves
遐思從青春，回味而甘甜，
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
反思猶深遠，魂飛夢想翩，
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
振翅翱翔去，咫尺將近天；

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
魂中有秋日，隱遁水灣間，
He furleth close; contented so to look
收捲藏雙翼，滿足而復見，
On mists in idleness—to let fair things
濛霧自悠閒—諸美有萬千，
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
任流如溪水，流過門檻前。

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
魂中有寒冬，蒼白凋朱顏，
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
倘若不曾有，不做凡人焉。

思及濟慈早逝，寒冬並未凋朱顏；不做凡人，一語成讖。
——我未經世間寒冬，故而成就永恆。