我曾久宅于巍巍广厦，

I've lived beneath huge portals where marine

披浴于海上阳光的火红，

Suns coloured, with a myriad fires, the waves;

晚来，它们高挺的石柱

At eve majestic pillars made the scene

使人恍如置身玄武岩洞。

Resemble those of vast basaltic caves.

海浪摇拨着蓝天的倒影，

The breakers, rolling the reflected skies,

庄严地，也略带秘诡，

Mixed, in a solemn, enigmatic way,

把宅于如乐的丰盈的至高谐音

The powerful symphonies they seem to play

揉进映满我眼帘的夕晖。

With colours of the sunset in my eyes.

我宅于斯，沉浸于欢忭无边，

There did I live in a voluptuous calm

寄身于华彩，轻浪和蓝天，

Where breezes, waves, and splendours roved as vagrants;

而遍体浸抹香油的裸奴

And naked slaves, impregnated with fragrance,

拂我之额以棕榈叶的清凉，

Would fan my forehead with their fronds of palm:

他们唯一操心的是加强

Their only charge was to increase the anguish

那折磨我的神秘的忧郁。

Of secret grief in which I loved to languish.