雙語散文:奈帕斯的女郎

The Maid of Neidpath
奈帕斯的女郎

Earl March look'd on his dying child,
And, smit with grief to view her--
'The youth,' he cried,'whom I exiled
Shall be restored to woo her.'
馬奇伯爵在臨死的女兒前，
看着她就悲傷的心疼；
他喊到，“召回我流放的青年，
讓他來向我女兒求婚。”

She'd at the window many an hour
His coming to discover:
And he look'd up to Ellen's bower
And she look'd on her lover--
多少個小時她守望在窗口，
爲發現她回來的情郎；
當情郎仰視着艾琳的繡樓，
她也把情郎細細望。

But ah!so pale, he knew her not,
Though her smil on him was dwelling--
'And am I then forgot--forgot?'
It broke the heart of Ellen.
但這樣蒼白的人兒怎認得，
儘管是微笑着看着他？
“難道說他已忘了我，忘了我？”
這想法使艾琳心碎啦。

In vain he weeps, in vain he sighs,
Her cheek is cold as ashes;
Nor love's own kiss shall wake those eyes
To lift their silken lashes.
他哭泣既沒用，嘆息也不行，
她的臉像灰燼般冷掉；
愛和吻已喚不醒那雙眼睛，
喚不動那絲樣的睫毛。