Be all ingratitude requited.

The winds ran off with it delighted,

And, thro' the opening left, as soon

As she threw off her cloak, yon moon

Has sent a ray down with a tune.

And this ray is a fairy ray—

Did you not say so, Isabel?

How fantastically it fell

With a spiral twist and a swell,

And over the wet grass rippled away

With a tinkling like a bell!

In my own country all the way

We can discover a moon ray

Which thro' some tatter'd curtain pries

Into the darkness of a room,

Is by (the very source of gloom)

The motes, and dust, and flies,

On which it trembles and lies

Like joy upon sorrow!

O, when will come the morrow?

Isabel! do you not fear

The night and the wonders here?

Dim vales! and shadowy floods!

And cloudy-looking woods

Whose forms we can't discover

For the tears that drip all over!

Huge moons—see! wax and wane

Again—again—again—

Every moment of the night—

Forever changing places!

How they put out the starlight

With the breath from their pale faces!

Lo! one is coming down

With its centre on the crown

Of a mountain's eminence!

Down—still down—and down—

Now deep shall be—O deep!

The passion of our sleep!

For that wide circumference

In easy drapery falls

Drowsily over halls—

Over ruin'd walls—

Over waterfalls,

(Silent waterfalls!)

O'er the strange woods—o'er the sea—

Alas! over the sea!

(1831)

仙 境①

在我身边坐下吧，伊莎贝尔，

这儿，亲爱的，刚才有月光如水

那么空灵美妙，那么婵娟娇媚。

现在你穿戴好去仙乡乐土！

我被你星星般的眼睛迷住！

我的心慵懒地把你的叹息依附！

月亮正在剽窃你的秀发

就像六月的微风剽窃鲜花！

坐下吧，坐下吧——我们如何来到这里？

或许这不过是一场梦，我亲爱的？

你知道最最硕大的那朵花——

那朵玫瑰——你总是那么称呼——

它曾像颗天狼星在这凉亭悬挂——

今天（风儿吹，而）它轻浮，

那么轻浮地在我脸上摇晃，

就像你所知道的有生命的东西，

我把它扯下，从它高高的地方，

一阵猛摇使花瓣片片落地——

忘恩负义就这样得到报酬。

风儿快活地把它卷走，

而从左边空地，当那轮月亮

匆匆脱下披在她身上的衣裳，

便投下一片伴着韵调的月光。

那光是一种仙境的光——

你说不会那样，伊莎贝尔？

可它倾泻时是多么奇妙，

以一种螺旋形的光波

像涟漪从湿漉漉的草地掠过，

还伴着一阵铃声，

铮铮！

在我家乡的任何地方

只能够见到一种月光，

那月光穿透褴褛的窗帘，

偷偷窥视黑洞洞的房间，

照亮（产生忧郁的原因）

尘埃、污垢，还有苍蝇，

它躺在那原因上浑身哆嗦，

就像是忧伤之上的欢乐！

哦，黎明何时到来？

伊莎贝尔！你难道不骇然

这夜和这儿的异景奇观？

冥蒙的溪谷！缥缈的长河！

烟云如织的平林漠漠，

我们不识其真正的面目

因为漫天滴下茫茫雾珠！

看呵——那么多巨大的月亮！

亏亏盈盈——消消长长——

在每一夜的每一时刻——

永远变更着它们的位置！

它们如何使星光黯然失色

用它们苍