生与死

　　这首英国诗人Walter Savage Landor的暮年之作Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher写于1850年，那时他已75岁，人生一切皆已看透。

Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher

　　by Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

On His Seventy-fifth Birthday

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.

Nature I loved, and, next to nature, Art;

I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life;

It sinks, and I am ready to depart.

杨绛译

我和谁都不争

和谁争我都不屑；

我爱大自然

其次就是艺术；

我双手烤着

生命之火取暖

火萎了

我也准备走了