我站在楼梯上

Lately as dreaming on a stair I stood

不久前我站在楼梯上胡思乱想，

you passed me by, and, by looking on my face,

你从身边走过，看着我的面庞。

blinded my eyes with the immediate grace

你那突如其来的优雅，

of unanticpated neighboourhood.

让我的两眼顿时一片迷茫。

As lightning splits the clouds, my heart and blood

犹如闪电劈开云团，

split with your beatuty, and began to race,

无与伦比的美丽击碎了我的心脏；

now ice, now fever, shattered in their place

一阵像冰，一阵似火，

by that unparelleled beatitutde.

胸中的血液奔腾激荡。

And if you hand in passing had not beckoned--

那一晃而过的手白如天鹅，

your whiter hand than is the swan's white daughter,

向我示意，引我躲过死亡；

Helen, your eyes had wounded me to death.

海伦啊，你的眼睛有如刀剑，

But your hand saved me in the mortal second,

否则我将难逃那犀利的锋芒。

and your triumphant eyes the moment after

顷刻之间你让你的俘虏恢复了气息，

revived their captive with an alms of breath.

你的眼里闪耀胜利的辉光。