This is what I vow;

这是我的誓言；

He shall have my heart to keep,

他将拥有我的心、

Sweetly will we stir and sleep,

我们将甜蜜地悸动和共眠、

     All the years, as now.

漫长的岁月，一如今日。

Swift the measured sands may run;

沙漏里面的沙子可以流光；

Love like this is never done;

这样的爱将永不结束；

He and I are welded one:

他和我已融为一体：

     This is what I vow.

这就是我的誓言。

     This is what I pray:

这是我的祈祷：

Keep him by me tenderly;

让他在我身边温柔相待；

Keep him sweet in pride of me,

让他甜蜜的心以我为荣，

     Ever and a day;

直到永远；

Keep me from the old distress;

让我远离过去的苦难；

Let me, for our happiness,

为了我们的幸福，让我

Be the one to love the less:

成为那个爱得少些的人

     This is what I pray.

这就是我的祈祷。

     This is what I know:

这是我所知道的：

Lovers’ oaths are thin as rain;

恋人的誓言轻薄如雨；

Love's a harbinger of pain—

爱是痛苦的预兆——

     Would it were not so!

我希望并非如此!

Ever is my heart a-thirst,

我的心一直在渴求、

Ever is my love accurst;

我的爱永远被诅咒；

He is neither last nor first—

他既不是最终也不是最初

     This is what I know.

这就是我所知道的。