成功

佚 名（译）

Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne'er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple Host

Who took the flag today

Can tell the definition

So clear of victory

As he defeated—dying

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph

Burst agonized and clear!

从未成功的人认为，

成功的滋味甜美无比。

唯有极度的渴求，

方能体会花蜜的滋味。

那最显赫的人身着紫衣，

执掌今日的大旗，

身穿紫服的王者之师，

明了胜利的真谛。

当他战败后垂死，

失聪的耳边突然响起

遥远的凯歌旋律

竟如此痛苦而清晰。