来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第23集第23集》

That was in one of the essays that I had you read.

这篇文章我让你们看过
But let me read that now.

但我现在再读一遍
"To the Parcae."

致命运三女神
A single summer grant me, great powers,

万能的女神们请假我一个夏季
and a single autumn for fully ripened song

一个秋季让我的诗歌成熟
that, sated with the sweetness of my playing,

那么我的心儿满足于
my heart may more willingly die.

这甘美的游戏就乐愿死去
The soul that, living, did not attain its

这颗心灵在生时不能获得它那
divine right cannot repose in the nether world.

高贵的权利死后也不会安宁
But once what I am bent on, what is holy,

可是有一天这神圣的事业
my poetry is accomplished:

深藏在我心中的诗歌获得完成
Be welcome then, stillness of the shadows' world!

那么冥府的沉寂欢迎你来吧