„Love and Age” de Thomas Love Peacock
I Play’d with you ‘mid cowslips blowing, When I was six and you were four; When garlands weaving, flower-balls throwing, Were pleasures soon to please no more. Through groves and meads, o’er grass and heather, With little playmates, to and fro, We wander’d hand in hand together; But that was sixty years ago. |
Zburdam cu tine prin aglici, Tu cinci, eu şapte-ani având; Făceam din flori ghirlande mici, Plăceri ce le-am uitat curând. Umblam cu alţi zglobii ca noi Pe deal, prin crâng, livezi şi lunci, Tot mână-n mână amândoi – Dar ani şaizeci au curs de-atunci. |