雙語·英美愛情詩歌選 39　砍櫻桃枝

39. Chop-Cherry

——R. Herrick

Thou gav'st me leave to kiss,

Thou gav'st me leave to woo;

Thou mad'st me think, by this

And that, thou lov'st me too.

But I shall nr'er forget

How, for to make thee merry

Thou mad'st me chop, but yet

Another snapp'd the cherry.