I come from haunts of coot and hern,
我来自鹬和鹭的栖息地，
I make a sudden sally,
忽然间就奔突而出；
And sparkle out among the fern,
就淌出了蕨丛，闪闪熠熠，
To bicker down a valley.
潺潺地淌下了山谷。
By thirty hills I hurry down,
我匆匆流经三十座山包，
Or slip between the ridges,
悄悄在山梁间溜过，
By twenty thorps, a little town,
经过一个小镇、五十座桥，
And half a hundred bridges.
还有二十来个村落。
Till last by Philip's farm I flow
最后我流经腓利的农庄，
To join the brimming river,
去汇入涨水的河流；
For men may come and men may go,
尽管人们既有来又有往，
But I go on forever.
我永远向前不回头。
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I chatter over stony ways,
我在岩石上决决地淌过，
In little sharps and trebles,
轻轻的声音尖又颤；
I bubble into eddying bays,
我汩汩流入湾中的旋涡，
I babble on the pebbles.
淙淙在块块卵石间。
With many a curve my banks I fret
我曲曲折折流过了田野
By many a field and fallow,
和突在河中的耕地，
And many a fairy foreland set
任它种着锦葵和千屈菜，
With willow-weed and mallow.
我却冲刷着岸边泥。
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
我咕咕噜噜一路上流淌，
To join the brimming river,
去汇入涨水的河流；
For men may come and men may go,
尽管人们既能来又能往，
But I go on for ever.
我永远向前不回头。
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I wind about, and in and out,
我绕进绕出，弯来又穹去，
With here a blossom sailing,
有时载着花缓缓流，
And here and there a lusty trout,
时不时见到活灵的鳟鱼，
And here and there a grayling,
而茴鱼也在到处游。
And here and there a foamy flake
有时在这儿，有时在那里，
Upon me, as I travel
我带着水花和水沫，
With many a silver water-break
托住了一片银色的涟漪，
Above the golden gravel,
在金色沙砾上流过。
And draw them all along, and flow
我携带着它们一起流淌，
To join the brimming river,
去汇入涨水的河流；
For men may come and men may go,
尽管人们既能来又能往，
But I go on for ever.
我永远向前不回头。
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I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
我在萋萋的草地边溜过，
I slide by hazel covers;
滑过密密的榛树丛；
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
为有情人而生的勿忘我，
That grow for happy lovers.
我经过时把它推动。
I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
滑行在掠水飞的燕子间，
Among my skimming swallows;
我忽明忽暗在流淌；
I make the netted sunbeam dance
我叫筛落的日光舞蹁跹——
Against my sandy shallows.
舞在我清浅河床上。
I murmur under moon and stars
我咕哝在月亮和星星下，
In brambly wildernesses;
在荆棘丛生野地间；
I linger by my shingly bars,
挡路的大石让我歇一霎，
I loiter round my cresses;
水芹的周围我流连。
And out again I curve and flow
但我拐个弯又往前流淌，
To join the brimming river,
去汇入涨水的河流；
For men may come and men may go,
尽管人们既能来又能往，
But I go on for ever.
我永远向前不回头。