至高無上

伊文斯

至高無上

彼慕步骑，沙场馳騁；

或慕舟师，怒海相爭。
軍功自有荣焉，何足掛齒，

惟汝之愛，於我殊胜。

空言無憑，證諸以史：

不聞海伦，背夫棄子？

執生人之手兮，离家遠颺，
其美无双，惟爱行止。

故爱之力，所向披靡。
遠方吾愛，夢寐從之。
盈盈言笑，歡慰我心。

漫言銅鎧英雄，無以過之！

On What is Best   


by Sappho


Some celebrate the beauty
of knights, or infantry,
or billowing flotillas
at battle on the sea.
Warfare has its glory,
but I place far above
these military splendors
the one thing that you love.

For proof of this contention
examine history:
we all remember Helen,
who left her family,
her child, and royal husband,
to take a stranger's hand:
her beauty had no equal,
but bowed to love's command.

As love then is the power
that none can disobey,
so too my thoughts must follow
my darling far away:
the sparkle of her laughter
would give me greater joy
than all the bronze-clad heroes

端木云

好豪华的翻译。
弱弱求Beta啊。