When I have fears

每當(dāng)我害怕

When I have fears that I may cease to be

每當(dāng)我害怕，生命也許等不及

Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,

我的筆搜集完我蓬勃的思潮，

Before high-piled books, in charactery,

等不及高高一堆書(shū)，在文字里，

Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;

象豐富的谷倉(cāng)，把熟谷子收好；

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,

每當(dāng)我在繁星的夜幕上看見(jiàn)

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

傳奇故事的巨大的云霧征象，

And think that I may never live to trace

而且想，我或許活不到那一天，

Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

以偶然的神筆描出它的幻相；

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,

每當(dāng)我感覺(jué)，呵，瞬息的美人！

That I shall never look upon thee more,

我也許永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)再看到你，

Never have relish in the faery power

不會(huì)再陶醉于無(wú)憂的愛(ài)情

Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore

和它的魅力！——于是，在這廣大的

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

世界的岸沿，我獨(dú)自站定、沉思，

Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

直到愛(ài)情、聲名，都沒(méi)入虛無(wú)里。