A ring of gold and milk-white dove

一只金戒和一只白鸽

    Are goodly gifts for thee,

是给你的重礼，

And a hempen rope for your own love

一根绳索缚住了你爱

    To hang upon a tree.

高高挂在树枝。

For you a House of Ivory

象牙之屋给了你，

    (Roses are white in the rose-bower)!

(花亭里盛开着白玫花)!

A narrow bed for me to lie

狭窄小床留与我，

    (White, O white, is the hemlock flower)!

(白呀，呵，白如毒芹花)!

Myrtle and jessamine for you

给你香桃木和茉莉花，

    (O the red rose is fair to see)!

(呵，红玫瑰看去真艳丽)!

For me the cypress and the rue

给我丝柏和芸香，

    (Fairest of all is rose-mary)!

(迷迭香可算最美丽)!

For you three lovers of your hand

看你迷住那些个情种，

    (Green grass where a man lies dead)!

(那人长眠绿草茵)!

For me three paces on the sand

看沙滩我留下的行踪，

    (Plant lilies at my head)!

(种棵百合在我心)!