The Worst of Woes
最沉痛的悲伤

What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each loved one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Before the chastener humbly let me bow,
O'er hearts divided and o'er hopes destroyed:
Roll on, vain days! full reckless may ye flow,
Since Time hath reft whate'er my soul enjoyed,
And with the ills of eld mine earlier years alloyed.

岁月中最沉痛的悲伤是什么？
是什么把皱纹深深烙进额头？
看着一个个的亲人从生命之页中被删去，
像我一样孤身一人留在这世上。
让我在惩罚者的面前低下谦卑的头，
为分离的心，为破碎的希望，
无所事事的岁月，继续滚动吧！你尽可无忧无虑地流逝，
既然岁月已夺走了我的所爱，
且晚年的病痛减低了我早年时的岁月。