——我就像一颗彗星，

            —I AM like a slip of comet,

不值得发现，在某个角落被看见

Scarce worth discovery, in some corner seen

缩小了两颗星之间细微的差别。

Bridging the slender difference of two stars,

来自太空，或者通过令人兴奋的自然力量

Come out of space, or suddenly engender' d

突然出现，因为没有人知道：

By heady elements, for no man knows :

当她看到太阳时，她就成长、变大

But when she sights the sun she grows and sizes

并旋转她的裙裾，而她的中央星座

And spins her skirts out, while her central star

摇动茧状的迷雾；所以她来了

Shakes its cocooning mists ; and so she comes

奔向光明的田野；数百万条移动的射线

To fields of light; millions of travelling rays

穿透她；她挂在烈焰闪耀的太阳上，

Pierce her; she hangs upon the flame-cased sun,

像基甸的羊毛一样吸取光明：

And sucks the light as full as Gideon's fleece:

但随后她的拴绳呼唤她；她掉下来，

But then her tether calls her; she falls off,

当她把她的金色罩衫撕成碎片

And as she dwindles shreds her smock of gold

在姊妹星球之间，直到她来到

Amidst the sistering planets, till she comes

单一的土星上，最后的和孤独的；

To single Saturn, last and solitary ;

然后走进洞穴般的黑暗中。

And then goes out into the cavernous dark.

于是我走出去：我小小的甜蜜已尽：

So I go out : my little sweet is done:

我从这有感染力的太阳中汲取热量：

I have drawn heat from this contagious sun :

现在我奔向还算温柔的死亡。

To not ungentle death now forth I run.

译注：基甸的羊毛，见《圣经·士师记》6：37：“我就把一团羊毛放在禾场上，若单是羊毛上有露水，别的地方都是干的，我就知道你必照着所说的话，借我手拯救以色列人。”基甸是《圣经·士师记》中的犹太勇士，曾击败了米甸人。