佚 名（譯）

Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne'er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple Host

Who took the flag today

Can tell the definition

So clear of victory

As he defeated—dying

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph

Burst agonized and clear!

從未成功的人認為，

成功的滋味甜美無比。

唯有極度的渴求，

方能體會花蜜的滋味。

那最顯赫的人身著紫衣，

執(zhí)掌今日的大旗，

身穿紫服的王者之師，

明了勝利的真諦。

當他戰(zhàn)敗后垂死，

失聰?shù)亩呁蝗豁懫?/p>

遙遠的凱歌旋律

竟如此痛苦而清晰。