Why should I blame her that she filled my days

我为何要将她责备?

With misery, or that she would of late

因为她让我的生活充满痛苦。

Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,

她近来竟要以弱抗强,

Or hurled the little streets against the great,

鼓动无知的勇夫走上血战之路。

Had they but courage equal to desire?

他们哪有与你相比的勇气?

What could have made her peaceful with a mind

他们岂能生死不渝?

That nobleness made simple as a fire,

平和的心怎么燃起烈火?

With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind

高尚的情怀为何变得简单盲目?

That is not natural in an age like this,

美人成了拉满的弓箭,

Being high and solitary and most stern?

这真是时代的谬误。

Why, what could she have done, being what she is?

为何要如此心高气傲?

Was there another Troy for her to burn?

为何要这般冷酷孤独?

身为一个美丽的少女,

这种奋斗能有何结局?

历史的故事不会重演,

特洛伊难再倾覆。