[00:00.71]What without him is summer's pomp，
没有他，怎一番夏日的盛景，
[00:03.00]Or winter's frozen shade？
怎一番冬日冰冷的暗影？
[00:05.02]I travail in pain for him，
我为他陷入劳苦伤痛，
[00:07.72]My creatures travail and wait；
我的创造物苦苦等待；
[00:10.19]His couriers come by squadrons，
他的信使纷纷而来，
[00:13.08]He comes not to the gate.
他却没有来到门外。
[00:15.24]Twice I have moulded an image，
我两度造出一个形象，
[00:17.73]And thrice outstretched my hand，
又三次把我的手展开， 
[00:20.19]Made one of day， and one of night，
造一个用白昼，另一个用夜晚，
[00:22.79]And one of the salt sea-sand.
还有一个用那盐渍的海滩。
[00:24.92]One in a Judaean manger，
一个在犹大的马槽， 
[00:27.72]And one by Avon stream，
还有一个在埃文河畔，
[00:29.91]One over against the mouths of Nile，
一个对着尼罗河口，
[00:32.82]And one in the Academe.
还有一个在“学苑”。
[00:35.41]I moulded kings and saviours，
我造出国王与救世主，
[00:38.02]And bards o'er kings to rule；——
还有王权莫及的游吟诗仙；——
[00:40.43]But fell the starry influence short，
却未能降下灿如群星的感化，
[00:43.19]The cup was never full.
那杯子从未充满。
[00:45.33]Yet whirl the glowing wheels once more，
再次将那些光辉的轮子旋转，
[00:48.58]And mix the bowl again；
再度混合起杯中诸物；
[00:50.07]Seethe， fate！ the ancient elements，
沸腾吧，命运！远古的元素，
[00:52.85]Heat， cold， wet， dry， and peace， and pain.
热，冷，湿，干，还有和平，还有痛苦。
[00:58.10]Let war and trade and creeds and song
让战争、贸易、教义、歌曲
[01:00.98]Blend， ripen race on race，
结合，并日臻成熟，
[01:04.12]The sunburnt world a man shall breed
人要抚育被太阳炙灼的世界
[01:07.12]Of all the zones， and countless days.
每一寸土地，和不可穷尽的年数。
[01:10.28]No ray is dimmed， no atom worn，
光线不再黯淡，原子不再衰竭，
[01:13.40]My oldest force is good as new，
我亘古的力量完好如新，
[01:15.88]And the fresh rose on yonder thorn
鲜艳的玫瑰在远处的荆丛
[01:18.92]Gives back the bending heavens in dew
用露珠透映弯曲的苍穹。