poems and songs-第12部分
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Said Achan; the swift…footed runner of Zorah;
‘‘They look at the wood they have hewn for the altar;
And think of a shadow in sackcloth and ashes。
‘‘I know how it is with the daughter of Jephthah;
(O Ada; my love; and the fairest of women!)
She wails in the time when her heart is so zealous
For God who hath stricken the children of Ammon。
‘‘I said I would bring her the odours of Edom;
And armfuls of spices to set at the banquet!
Behold I have fronted the chieftain her father;
And strong men have wept for the leader of thousands!
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‘‘My love is a rose of the roses of Sharon;
All lonely and bright as the Moon in the myrtles!
Her lips; like to honeycombs; fill with the sweetness
That Achan the thirsty is hindered from drinking。
‘‘Her women have wept for the love that is wasted
Like wine; which is spilt when the people are wanting;
And hot winds have dried all the cisterns of Elim!
For love that is wasted her women were wailing!
‘‘The timbrels fall silent! And dost thou not hear it;
A voice; like the sound of a lute when we loiter;
And sit by the pools in the valleys of Arnon;
And suck the cool grapes that are growing in clusters?
‘‘She glides; like a myrrh…scented wind; through the willows;
O Ada! behold it is Achan that speaketh:
I know thou art near me; but never can see thee;
Because of the horrible drouth in mine eyelids。''
The End