Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate
Whose table once a
Guest but not
The second time is set.
Whose crumbs the crows inspect
And with ironic caw
Flap past it to the
Farmer's Corn --
Men eat of it and die.
名聲是一種易壞的食物
放在滑動(dòng)的盤子
桌子一經(jīng)收拾停當(dāng)
那位客人再?zèng)]有出現(xiàn)
烏鴉們察看了面包屑
它們發(fā)出嘲諷的怪叫
然后振翅離開(kāi)桌子
飛向農(nóng)家的玉米——
嘗過(guò)的人都死掉了