Tulips（郁金香）

　　by Abraham Cowley

　　Let tulips trust not the warm vernal rain,

　　But dread¹ the frosts and still their blooms restrains

　　So when bright Phoebus smiles with kindly² care

　　The moon not sullied by a lowering air,

　　Early the beauteous race you'll wondering see,

　　Ranged in the beds ,a numerous progeny³

　　The tulip with her painted charms display

　　Through the mild air,and make the garden gay

　　The tulip which with gaudy⁴ colours stained

　　The name of beauty to her race has gained

　　For whether she in scarlet⁵ does delight

　　Chequered and streaked⁶ with lines of glittering white

　　Or sprinkled o'er with purple charms our sight;

　　Or widow-like beneath a sable⁷ veil

　　her purest , the varied⁸ agate's veins⁹

　　From every flower the beauty's prize obtained.

　　郁金香

　　让郁金香相信春天的绵绵细雨

　　但它会担心霜冻会阻止她们的花期，

　　所以，当太阳温柔地呵护她的，

　　月亮没有用污秽的气息影响她

　　当年，这美丽的种族，你们惊奇地发现

　　漫游在河床，无数的后裔

　　郁金香，显现她媚人的美丽

　　穿越温熏的空气，让花园心悦

　　郁金香，带着绚丽的斑斓色彩

　　美丽的名字因为她而获得

　　因为不管她那猩红的开心

　　和耀眼的亮白不安

　　或者紫色的魔力

　　或者昏黑的孤寡

　　她的纯净美丽，在杂色花丛

　　赢得了每一朵鲜花的珍视。