我游历了无数金色的国度，

Much have I traveled in the realms of gold

   多少华美的城邦和王国；

    And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;

   多少西方的岛屿我曾去过

    Round many western islands have I been

那里游吟的诗人向阿波罗臣服。

Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.

唯一片广袤的领地我尚未涉足

Oft of one wide expanse had I been told

   智者荷马统那天下作他私有；

    That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;

   我何曾把那纯净的肃穆享受

    Yet never did I breathe its pure serene

直到听查普曼无畏地高声宣述:

Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:

总算我似天文学家，翘首远望

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies

   只见新的天体朝我浮现；

    When a new planet swims into his ken;

又似英勇的科尔特斯，鹰眼投向

Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes

   汹涌太平洋——所有他的船员

    He stared at the Pacific—and all his men

相觑，脸上充满惊奇的猜想——

Looked at each other with a wild surmise—

   无不静默，矗立达连的山巅。

    Silent, upon a peak in Darien.