Three Shadows

I looked and saw your eyes

In the shadow of your hair

As a traveller sees the stream

In the shadow of the wood;

And I said, “My faint heart sighs

Ah me! To linger there,

To drink deep and to dream

In that sweet solitude.”

I looked and saw your heart

In the shadow of your eyes,

As a seeker sees the gold

In the shadow of the stream;

And I said, “Ah me! What art

Should win the immortal prize,

Whose want must make life cold

And Heaven a hollow dream?”

I looked and saw your love

In the shadow of your heart,

As a diver sees the pearl

In the shadow of the sea;

And I murmured, not above

My breath, but all apart----

“Ah! You can love, true girl,

And is your love for me?”

 

在你秀发的阴影中 

我看见你的眼睛， 

仿佛旅行者在树木的阴影中 

看见溪流清清； 

我说：“哎！我柔弱的心儿 

呻吟，要驻停， 

并在那甜蜜的寂静中 

畅饮，沉入梦境。”

在你眼睛的阴影中 

我看见你的心灵， 

仿佛淘金者在溪流的阴影中 

看见灿灿黄金； 

我说：“哎！凭什么技艺 

才能赢得这不朽的奖品？ 

缺少它，必定使生命寒冷， 

天堂如梦般凄清。”

在你心灵的阴影中 

我看见你的爱情， 

仿佛潜水者在海水的阴影中 

看见珍珠莹莹； 

我喃喃絮语，并不高声， 

还远离着一程——

“啊！真心的姑娘，你能爱， 

但能爱我不能？”