要是我梦见你爱我，你休怪，

When I dream that you love me, you'll surely forgive;

休要迁怒于睡眠;

Extend not your anger to sleep;

你的爱只在梦乡存在，——

For in visions alone your affection can live,—

醒来，我空余泪眼。

I rise, and it leaves me to weep.

睡神!快封闭我的神志，

Then, Morpheus! envelope my faculties¹ fast,

让昏倦流布我周身;

Shed o'er me your languor² benign³;

愿今宵好梦与昨夜相似：

Should the dream of to-night but resemble the last,

像仙境一样销魂!

What rapture⁴ celestial⁵ is mine!

听说，睡眠——死亡的姊妹，

They tell us that slumber⁶, the sister of death,

也是死亡的样品;

Mortality's emblem⁷ is given;

天国倘若是这般滋味，

To fate how I long to resign my frail⁸ breath,

愿死神早早降临!

If this be a foretaste of heaven!

舒眉展眼吧，美人，且息怒，

Ah! frown not, sweet lady, unbend your soft brow,

我何曾心花怒放;

Nor deem me too happy in this;

梦中的罪孽要清算：幸福

If I sin in my dream, I atone⁹ for it now,

只许我凝眸痴望。

Thus doom'd but to gaze upon bliss¹⁰.

梦中，也许你笑口微开，

Though in visions, sweet lady, perhaps you may smile,

莫说我受罚还不够!

Oh! think not my penance¹¹ deficient¹²!

入睡，被美梦欺哄;醒来，

When dreams of your presence my slumbers¹³ beguile¹⁴,

这苦刑怎生忍受!

To awake will be torture sufficient.