我躺倒在河岸边，

I laid me down upon a bank,

那爱情沉睡之地。

Where Love lay sleeping;

我听见潺潺流水间

I heard among the rushes dank

传来哭泣，哭泣。

Weeping, weeping.

我走向石楠丛生的旷野，

Then I went to the heath and the wild,

穿过蓟草和荒地的荆棘

To the thistles and thorns of the waste;

他们告诉我，他们被诱拐

And they told me how they were beguiled,

被放逐，贞节被人强取。

Driven out, and compelled to the chaste.

我走向爱之花园，

I went to the Garden Of Love,

却见到从未所见，

And saw what I never had seen:

昔日我游玩的绿茵，

A Chapel was built in the midst,

一座教堂屹立其间。

Where I used to play on the green.

教堂的大门紧闭

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,

“你不可……”题写其上

And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door,

我向爱之花园归去

So I turned to the Garden of Love,

繁美的花朵已尽凋亡。

That so many sweet flowers bore,

我看见那里满是坟茔，

And I saw it was filled with graves,

花儿被替成了墓砖，

And tombstones where flowers should be:

黑衣的教士于中穿行，

And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,

捆紧那石楠，我的欢喜与热望。

And binding with briars, my joys and desires.