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If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come, O come to my lake.

The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret.

The shadow of the coming rain is on the sands, and the clouds hang low upon the blue lines of the trees like the heavy hair above your eyebrows.

I know well the rhythm of your steps, they are beating in my heart.

Come, O come to my lake, if you must fill your pitcher.

If you would be idle and sit listless and let your pitcher float on the water, come, O come to my lake.

若是你要忙著灌滿水瓶，來吧，哦，到我的湖上來吧。

湖水將回繞在你的腳邊，汩汩地說出它的秘密。

風雨來臨前的陰影投在沙灘上，云霧低垂在叢樹的藍線上，像你眉毛上的濃發。

我很熟悉你腳步的旋律，它們在我心中敲擊。

來吧，哦，到我的湖上來吧，如果你必須灌滿水瓶。

如果你想懶散閑坐，讓你的水瓶漂浮在水面，來吧，哦，到我的湖上來吧。

The grassy slope is green, and the wild flowers beyond number.

Your thoughts will stray out of your dark eyes like birds from their nests.

Your veil will drop to your feet.

Come, O come to my lake if you must sit idle.

If you would leave off your play and dive in the water, come, O come to my lake.

Let your blue mantle lie on the shore; the blue water will cover you and hide you.

The waves will stand at tiptoe to kiss your neck and whisper in your ears.

Come, O come to my lake, if you would dive in the water.

If you must be mad and leap to your death, come, O come to my lake.

It is cool and fathomlessly deep.

It is dark like a sleep that is dreamless.

There in its depths nights and days are one, and songs are silence.

Come, O come to my lake, if you would plunge to your death.

草坡碧綠，野花數不勝數。

你的想法將從你烏黑的眼眸中飛出，像鳥兒飛出巢穴。

你的面紗將滑落到腳上。

來吧，哦，如果你必須要閑坐，到我的湖上來吧。

如果你想停止玩耍，跳進水里，來吧，哦，到我的湖上來吧。

把你的藍色披風留在岸上；蔚藍的水將沒過你，藏住你。

水波將躡足來吻你的頸脖，在你耳邊低語。

來吧，哦，如果你想跳進水里，到我的湖上來吧。

如果你發狂了，想投入死亡，來吧，哦，到我的湖上來吧。

它是清涼的，深到無底。

它黑暗得像無夢的睡眠。

在它的深處黑夜就是白天，歌曲就是沉默。

來吧，哦，如果你想投入死亡，到我的湖上來吧。