丁尼生（Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892）

Now sleeps the crimson petal

然後深紅的花瓣睡著了

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6KdTAQUESM#t=205

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;

然後深紅的花瓣睡著了，然後白色的；

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;

宮殿外步道旁的柏樹不再搖曳；

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font;

斑岩噴泉裡金色的鰭不再閃爍；

The firefly wakens, waken thou with me.

螢火蟲醒來，你也跟著我醒來。

Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,

然後乳白的孔雀垂首彷彿幽靈，

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.

彷彿幽靈她向我發出微弱的光。

Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,

然後大地躺著如戴納漪迎向星輝，

And all thy heart lies open unto me.

你的靈魂也全心全意向我開放。

Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves

然後寂靜的彗星繼續滑落，

A shining furrow, as thy thoughts, in me.

留下閃光的犁溝，如你的思想，在我體內。

Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,

然後百合收攏起她所有的甜美，

And slips into the bosom of the lake.

偷偷溜進湖心深處。

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip

所以卿卿，你也收攏起你自己，

Into my bosom and be lost in me.