Why I love thee?

       我为什么爱你？

     Ask why the seawind wanders,

  问问海风为什么流连，

Why the shore is aflush with the tide,

潮汐为什么并肩着沙滩，

Why the moon through heaven meanders;

月亮为什么在天上步履缓缓；

Like seafaring ships that ride

像那远航的帆，

On a sullen, motionless deep;

乘着静水流深；

      Why the seabirds are fluttering the strand

     为什么海鸥在岸边扑着翅膀

       Where the waves sing themselves to sleep

     当浪花们给自己唱起摇篮曲

         And starshine lives in the curves of the sand!

     沙丘的波浪里就住着一片星光！