The Year

The Year By Ella Wheeler Wilcox What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We live, we love, we woo, we wed, We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of the year. 这一年 埃拉·惠勒·威尔科克斯(1850-1919) 在新年诗歌里， 还有什么没被反复吟诵过? 新年复来，旧年去，我们知而梦，梦所知。 于光里我们开怀欢笑，在夜里我们倒卧饮泣。 我们拥抱世界直到刺痛，随后咒骂它为翅膀叹息。 我们活着爱着，相恋相守， 为新娘围上花环，为死者蒙上白单。 我们笑着哭着，抱希望和恐惧，这就是一年的包袱。