The Arrow and the Song

By H W Longfellow 

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

羽箭之歌

作者：H. A. 朗菲罗

译文：樊功生

横空一羽箭

入地怎得知

刹那飞星过

焉能捕骋驰？

乘风一小曲

入地怎得知

拭目虽明锐

闻声早已迟

岁岁年年去

犹插朽木痴

闻君吟此调

老叟暖心思