Why I love thee?

                 我为什么爱你？

     Ask why the seawind wanders,

      问问为什么海风游荡，

Why the shore is aflush with the tide,

为什么海浪冲刷崖岸，

Why the moon through heaven meanders;

为什么月亮漫步穿过天庭；

Like seafaring ships that ride

就像远航的船只骑跨在

On a sullen, motionless deep;

阴郁凝滞的深水之上；

      Why the seabirds are fluttering the strand

      问问为什么海鸟会扑翼飞过海滨

       Where the waves sing themselves to sleep

            当波浪被自己的歌声催眠

         And starshine lives in the curves of the sand!

                而星光在沙丘的起伏中生长呼吸！