紫色的星形轮，你不如

Stars wheel in purple, yours is not so rare

金星那么珍贵，也不如金牛星或天狼星

as Hesperus, nor yet so great a star

那么明亮，伟大，

as bright Aldebaran or Sirius,

也不如一场战役那么壮观；

nor yet the stained and brilliant one of War;

紫色的星形轮，辉煌的旋转；

stars turn in purple, glorious to the sight;

你并不如启明星那么灿烂，

yours is not gracious as the Pleiads are

也不如猎户星的蓝宝石那么耀眼；

nor as Orion's sapphires, luminous;

客观的，冷漠的，傲慢的脸，

yet disenchanted, cold, imperious face,

当其他的星星枯萎，摇荡，沉落，

when all the others blighted, reel and fall,

你的星星，钢质的设备，孤独、冷漠地附着于

your star, steel-set, keeps lone and frigid tryst

运货的船只，受阻于风和气流。

to freighted ships, baffled in wind and blast.