There be none of Beauty’s daughters
With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The charmed ocean’s pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull’d winds seem dreaming:
And the midnight moon is weaving
Her bright chain o’er the deep,
Whose breast is gently heaving
As an infant’s asleep:
So the spirit bows before thee
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell1 of Summer’s ocean.
仙女难比你的姿容
仙女难比你的姿容,
天神不如你的魔力;
你甜美的声音悦耳动听,
宛如音乐在水面飘逸。
这声音能使大海平静,
粼粼闪光却一波不起;
这声音能为风儿催眠,
如梦如幻,扑朔迷离。
午夜的明月织起薄纱,
轻笼海面光彩熠熠;
海的胸脯微微起伏,
似沉睡的婴儿在深深呼吸。
就这样一颗心被你折服,
从此对你矢志不移;
温柔的激情充满胸怀,
象夏日的狂潮铺天盖地。