这么说，把爱情作为我的名份，

And therefore if to love can be desert,        

我还不是完全不配承受。虽然，               

I am not all unworthy. Cheeks as pale

你看，两颊那么苍白，那摇晃的

As these you see, and trembling knees that fail

双膝仿佛负担不了沉重的心房；

To bear the burden of a heavy heart. --

这疲乏的行吟生涯也曾想望过

This weary minstrel-life that once was girt   

把奥纳斯山峰攀登，却只落得一片         

To climb Aornus, and can scare avail

辛酸的哀吟，怎好去跟谷莺竞奏？－－

to pipe now 'gainst the valley nightingale

干吗提这些来着？啊，亲爱的，

A melancholy music, why advert              

不用讲，我高攀不上，不配在你身边

To these things? O belov`ed, it is plain

占一个位置。可是，就因为我爱你，

I am not of thy worth nor for thy place!

这片爱情提拔我，让我抬起了头、

And yet, because I love thee, I obtain

承受着光明，许我继续活下去，

From that same love this vindicating grace,  

哪怕是怎样枉然，也要爱你到底；

To live on still in love, and yet in vain, ...

也要祝福你－－即使拒绝你在当面。

To bless thee, yet renounce thee to thy face.