success is counted sweetest

tasako

by Emily Dickinson

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed
To comprehened 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.

成功的含义
  
  从未成功的人们
  最懂得成功的甜美.
  惟有极度的渴求
  方能体会甘露的滋味。
  
  身穿紫服的王者之师
  今日虽高扬凯旗
  却无一人能把胜利的
  含义，说清道明。
  
  战败者奄奄一息，
  凯乐在远处奏响，
  冲破阻隔，飞到他的
  耳际，悲痛而嘹亮。