2. Action is
transitory - a step, a blow, /The motion of a muscle, this way or that, /Tis done. (William Wordsworth).
“行动是短暂的-一个脚步,一击/肌肉的运动,这样或那样/这就完结了”(威廉·华兹华斯)。
3. But house, wife, and children are all
transitory; they have only a momentary existence. The palm-tree alone is real. One or two fruits have dropped off. Why lament?
房子、妻子和孩子都是短暂的;他们只是刹那间的存在。只有象征胜利意义的棕榈树才是真实的,有一两个果实从上面掉下来。为什么要悲伤呢?