波斯短歌行译笺其九十四

[当代] 钟锦

几回年少悔疏狂？
也向尊前忏一场。
待得春风吹酒醒，又拚今世为花忙。
注：○忏一场：玉并《南乡子·棠院养疴谱此遣闷》：“移榻就红芳，绮恨和鹦忏一场。”○为花忙：欧阳修《望江南》：“长是为花忙。”
Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before
I swore—but was I sober when I swore?
And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand
My thread-bare Penitence apieces tore.