说真的，就是这为我所夸耀的爱吧，

Indeed this very love which is my boast,

当它从胸房涌上眉梢，给我加上

And which, when rising up from breast to brow,

一顶皇冠－－那一颗巨大的红宝石，

Doth crown me with a ruby large enow

光彩夺目，让人知道它价值连城……

To draw men’s eyes and prove the inner cost,—

就算我这全部的、最高成就的爱吧，

This love even, all my worth, to the uttermost,

我也不懂得怎样去爱，要不是你

I should not love withal, unless that thou

先立下示范，教给我该怎么办－－

Hadst set me an example, shown me how,

当你恳切的目光第一次对上了

When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed,

我的目光，而爱呼应了爱。很明白，

And love called love.  And thus, I cannot speak

即使爱，我也不能夸说是我的美德。

Of love even, as a good thing of my own:

是你，把我从一片昏迷的软乏中

Thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,

抱起，高置上黄金的宝座，靠近在

And placed it by thee on a golden throne,—

你的身旁。而我懂得了爱，只因为

And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)

紧挨着你－－我唯一爱慕的人。

Is by thee only, whom I love alone.