在銀色的黎明或傍晚的霞光中，

我的歌都為他而唱，假如他知道。

他不會微笑嗎，認為那只是一時的念頭，

假如他知道？

或者他的心是否會歡暢？

像歡樂的小溪沖破結冰的邊緣，

此時四月的號角在山腰上吹響。

我不會說話，直到厄洛斯[2]的火把變暗，

刻薄的上帝愿意讓它這樣才好；

但今晚我們的命運似乎不那么冷酷，

如果他知道。[3]

Roundel

If he could know my songs are all for him,

At silver dawn or in the evening glow,

Would he not smile and think it but a whim,

If he could know?

Or would his heart rejoice and overflow,

As happy brooks that break their icy rim

When April's horns along the hillsides blow?

I may not speak till Eros' torch is dim,

The god is bitter and will have it so;

And yet to-night our fate would seem less grim

If he could know.

注釋

[1]指英國式回旋詩體，共3節，第1節和第3節后有一疊句。

[2]希臘愛神。

[3]有時一方喜歡對方，但對方不一定喜歡，而愛必須是雙方的。所以兩人要真正相愛，產生深厚的感情，心心相應，確實不容易。