36. Matin Song

——T. Heywood

Pack, clouds, away! and welcome, day!

With night we banish sorrow.

Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft

To give my Love good-morrow!

Wings from the wind to please her mind,

Notes from the lark I'll borrow;

Bird, prune thy wing! nightingale, sing!

To give my Love good-morrow!

To give my Love good-morrow

Notes from them all I'll borrow.

Wake from thy nest, robin red-breast!

Sing, birds, in every furrow!

And from each bill let music shrill

Give my fair Love good-morrow!

Blackbird and thrush in every bush,

Stare, linnet, and cocksparrow,

You pretty elves, among yourselves

Sing my fair Love good-morrow!

To give my Love good-morrow!

Sing, birds, in every furrow!

36　晨曲

海伍德[1]

云，请散开！白昼，欢迎你！

我们要驱逐黑夜的悲伤。

软风，轻轻地吹吧；云雀，往高处飞翔，

向我的爱人问个早安！

风的羽翼取悦她的情怀，

云雀的乐曲借我为她弹奏，

鸟儿啊，理一理你的羽毛！夜莺，唱吧！

向我的爱人问个早安！

为了向爱人问候致意，

我要为她借来百鸟的乐章。

红肚子的知更鸟，从巢里苏醒吧！

唱吧，山山谷谷的鸟儿们！

每张嘴都发出悦耳的音符，

向我的爱人问个早安！

灌木丛中每一只乌鸫和画眉，

每一只八哥、红雀和麻雀，

还有你们，可爱的小精灵，

为了我的爱人，都唱起来吧，

向我的爱人问个早安，

唱吧，山山谷谷的鸟儿们！

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[1]托马斯·海伍德（Thomas Heywood，1570—1641），剧作家、诗人，生于林肯郡，就读于剑桥大学。写过200多部戏剧作品，但多数没有流传下来。现存的作品有《死于仁慈的女子》《美丽的西部姑娘》《鲁克丽丝受辱记》等。诗歌代表作是《天使的等级》。