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