I strove with none

for none was worth my strife

Nature I loved

and next to Nature,Art

I warmed both hands before the fire of life

It sinks

and I am ready to depart

——Walter Savage Landor

杨绛先生的译文:

《生与死》

我不和谁争

和谁争我都不屑

我热爱自然

其次就是艺术

我用双手烤着生命之火

火萎了

我也该走了