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The Arrow and the Song
By Henry Wadsworth 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.

箭和歌
朗费罗（美国19世纪诗人）
编译/雪泥

我向空中射一枝箭,
不知它掉在了何方。
它飞得如此疾速，
眼睛跟不上它的影踪。

我向空中吐出一首歌，
不知它掉在了哪里。
谁有这么敏锐、这么厉害的视力
跟随它的飞奔？

很久，很久以后，在橡树上
我找到了那枝箭，它还不曾毁损。
还有那首歌，从头至尾
我在一个友人的心间把它觅到。