Defeat 失败

Defeat，my Defeat，my solitude and my aloofness； you are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs，and sweeter to my heart than all world glory.

Defeat，my Defeat，my self-knowledge and my defiance，through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot，and not to be trapped by withering laurels.And in you I have found aloneness and the joy of being shunned and scorned.

Defeat，my Defeat，my shining sword and shield，in your eyes I have read that to be enthroned is to be enslaved，and to be understood is to be leveled down，and to be grasped is but to reach one's fullness，and like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.

Defeat，my Defeat，my bold companion，you shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences，and none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings，and urging of seas，and of mountains that burn in the night，and you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.

Defeat，my Defeat，my deathless courage，you and I shall laugh together with the storm，and together we shall dig graves for all that die in us，and we shall stand in the sun with a will，and we shall be dangerous.

失败，帮你否定了一条错的路，那摆在你面前的、通往成功的选择就又少了一项，成功概率又高了一成，难道这不值得感恩吗？

参考翻译（高昆）

失败，我的失败，我的孤独和超脱，对我来说，你比一千次胜利更可亲可爱，而对我的心灵来说，你要比所有的荣耀都甜美。

失败，我的失败，我的自知与反抗，通过你，我知道我还步伐矫健，宝刀未老，还没被干枯的月桂所捕获。在你那儿，我发现了孤独，品尝到了被遗弃和被嘲笑的欢乐。

失败，我的失败，我光芒四射的剑与盾，从你眼中，我读出登基为王就是钻入牢笼，被了解就是被拉下水，被抓牢就是达到成熟，像熟透的水果掉落下来被人吃掉一样。

失败，我的失败，我鲁莽的伙伴，你会听到我的歌唱、哭泣和沉默，你会跟我谈起羽翼翱翔、大海澎湃、山脉在黑夜里燃烧，你独自攀登我那陡峭多石的灵魂。

失败，我的失败，我不灭的勇气，你我将在暴风雨中狂笑，我们将为我们当中所有逝去的人掘墓，我们会坚定地站在太阳下，我们也会充满危险。