Look at the stars! look, look up at the skies!

看那群星！看，抬头望向诸天！

   O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air!

哦，看那些坐在空中的火民！

   The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there!

那些明亮的城区，那些圆形堡垒！

Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves'-eyes!

幽暗的林间，挖掘钻石！那些精灵之眼！

The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies!

灰色的草坪冰冷，那里躺着黄金，那里躺着流金！

   Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles set on a flare!

狂风捣碎白面树！空中的银杨点起火炬！

   Flake-doves sent floating forth at a farmyard scare!

片片鸽子受惊飘出农家！

Ah well! it is all a purchase, all is a prize.

啊！这一切都是购买，一切都是奖励。

Buy then! bid then! — What? — Prayer, patience, alms, vows.

那就买吧！出价吧！——什么？——祈祷、忍耐、施舍、许愿。

Look, look: a May-mess, like on orchard boughs!

看，看：仿佛一片五月的纷乱在果园枝头！

   Look! March-bloom, like on mealed-with-yellow sallows!

看！好像三月盛开的柳树沾满黄色的花粉！

These are indeed the barn; withindoors house

这些确实就是那仓；房屋门内

The shocks. This piece-bright paling shuts the spouse

就是那些禾捆。这条条明亮用栅栏关起了那配偶

   Christ home, Christ and his mother and all his hallows.

基督家庭：基督和他的母亲和他所有的圣徒。