The Crystal Cabinet

The maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily；
She put me into her cabinet,
And lock’d me up with a golden key．

That cabinet is formed of Gold
And Pearl and Crystal shining bright,
And within it opens into a world
And a little lovely Moony night．

Another England there I saw,
Another London with its Tower,
Another Thames and other Hills,
And another pleasant Surrey Bower,
Another Maiden like herself,
Translucent, lovely, shining clear,
Threefold each in the other clos’d, ---
O what a pleasant trembling fear!

O what a smile! A threefold smile
Fill’d me that like a flame I burn’d；
I bent to kiss the lovely Maid’
And fond a Threefold Kiss return’d．

I strove to seize the inmost Form
With ardor fierce and hands of flame,
But burst the Crystal cabinet,
And like a Weeping Babe become---

A weeping Babe upon the wild,
And Weeping Women pale reclin’d,
And in the outward air again
I fill’d with the passing Wind．

水晶屋

荒野里我舞姿欢畅，
此时来了一位姑娘；
被她捉住关进小屋，
一把金锁将我深藏。

黄金、珍珠、水晶做成，
这间小屋闪闪发亮；
它通向另一个世界，
迷人的夜色洒满月光。

那里我看到另一个英国，
伦敦和高塔毫无两样；
也有泰晤士河与小山，
同样有个小屋令人神往。

透明、可爱、光彩熠熠，
竟然有个同样的姑娘；
各自关闭在三重世界，
快乐使我震颤心慌！

三重微笑多么甜蜜，
我的心如烈火癫狂；
竟然得到三重亲吻，
当我俯身去吻女郎。

情在燃烧手在发烫，
我去抓牢深处的模样；
不料那小屋突然爆裂，
她变成泪人泪水汪汪。

她哭泣着躺在荒野，
脸色那么悲戚苍黄；
我又回到那外面的世界，
吹拂在风中充满忧伤。

威廉•布莱克(William Blake 1757—1827)英国诗人 这是一首扑朔迷离的爱情之歌。爱会让人想入非非、神魂颠倒,转瞬之间又会突然破灭。诗中故事似乎离奇得不可思议,但仔细想来,现实生活中的爱不正是如此吗?