Read me a lesson, Muse, and speak it loud

在尼维斯山顶上，笼罩着烟云，

  Upon the top of Nevis, blind in mist!

缪斯啊，请高声言讲，向我指教！

I look into the chasms, and a shroud

我向坑谷中望去，一团氤氲的

  Vapourous doth hide them,--just so much I wist

水汽将其遮蔽，——正如我知道的

Mankind do know of hell; I look o'erhead,

  And there is sullen mist,--even so much

人类对地狱的认知；我抬头仰观，

Mankind can tell of heaven; mist is spread

一片愁云惨雾，——又恰似

  Before the earth, beneath me,--even such,

人类对天堂的描述；云雾覆满了

Even so vague is man's sight of himself!

我下方的土地，——正如此，

  Here are the craggy stones beneath my feet,--

Thus much I know that, a poor witless elf,

人们审视自我也是如此模糊不清！

  I tread on them,--that all my eye doth meet

这里我的脚下都是嶙峋的岩石，——

Is mist and crag, not only on this height,

我十分知道自己像个无知的精灵

But in the world of thought and mental might!

践足在山石上，——我目力所至

皆是雾霭与峭壁，不仅是在这高山，

更是在思想与精神的世界面前！