Where the slow river

在舒缓的河流

meets the tide,

与潮水相遇之处，

a red swan lifts red wings

一只红色的天鹅

and darker beak,

张开了翅羽和黑色的喙，

and underneath the purple down

在他胸部

of his soft breast

柔软的紫色绒毛下

uncurls his coral feet.

划动着他珊瑚红的脚。

Through the deep purple

穿透太阳和雾霭

of the dying heat

稀薄的热

of sun and mist,

穿透淡紫色的帘幕，

the level ray of sun-beam

水平的光束，

has caressed

黑色的胸膛，

the lily with dark breast,

抚摸百合，

and flecked with richer gold

它金色的鸟冠

its golden crest.

撒下更耀眼的黄金。

那里，潮水缓慢地

Where the slow lifting

升起，

of the tide,

融入河流，

floats into the river

缓慢地涌动在

and slowly drifts

芦苇丛中，

among the reeds,

托起一些黄色的旗帜，

and lifts the yellow flags,

他漂浮在

he floats

潮水和河流相遇之处。

where tide and river meet.

啊，王的吻——

Ah kingly kiss—

不再后悔，

no more regret

不再有古老深沉的记忆

nor old deep memories

损害福佑；

to mar the bliss;

低处的莎草厚实，

where the low sedge is thick,

金色的萱草

the gold day-lily

铺陈在

outspreads and rests

静静舒展的

beneath soft fluttering

红色的天鹅翅羽

of red swan wings

和温暖颤动的

and the warm quivering

红色的天鹅胸脯之下。

of the red swan's breast.