Why should I keep holiday

为什么我可以逍遥地看日头，

When other men have none?

别人却没有这样的闲暇？

Why but because, when these are gay,

当然是因为他们快活的时候，

I sit and mourn alone?

我独坐在痛苦的荫翳下。

And why, when mirth unseals all tongues,

为什么欣喜的人们口若悬河，

Should mine alone be dumb?

我却要像坟墓一样喑哑？

Ah! late I spoke to silent throngs,

啊！以前我宣讲，他们沉默，

And now their hour is come.

现在却已轮到他们说话。