To Helen
[美]爱德加·爱伦·坡
Edgar Allan Poe
海伦，对于我，你那美艳
像往昔的尼斯之船，
轻柔地拂过那芳香的大海，
载着那疲惫的游子，
返回故乡的海岸。
徘徊在茫茫无际的大海上，
你水仙一般的秀发，你雍容典雅的脸庞，
你海神一般的风韵，让我见识到，
希腊旧日的风华，
罗马往昔的庄严。
看！在那明丽的窗镜内，
我看到了你手持玛瑙灯的身影，
这般婀娜娉婷！
啊！你这来自天国的
灵魂！
Helen， thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore，
That gently， o'er a perfumed sea，
The weary， way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
On desperate seas long wont to roam，
Thy hyacinth hair， thy classic face，
Thy Naiad airs， have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rome.
Lo！In yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand，
The agate lamp within thy hand！
Ah！Psyche， from the regions which
Are Holy Land！