Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,
偉大的,寬廣的,美麗的,奇妙的世界,
With the wonderful water round you curled,
奇妙的河流盤旋圍繞著你,
And the wonderful grass upon your breast,
奇妙的綠草覆蓋在你的胸膛,
World, you are beautifully drest.
世界,你被裝點(diǎn)得太美了。
The wonderful air is over me,
奇妙的空氣包圍著我,
And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree;
奇妙的風(fēng)兒吹動(dòng)樹木;
It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,
它在水上漫步,讓磨盤旋轉(zhuǎn),
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
在山頂自言自語。
You friendly Earth! how far do you go
你,親切的地球!你走了多遠(yuǎn)
With the wheat fields that nod, and the rivers that flow;
伴隨著成熟的麥田,流動(dòng)的河水,
With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles,
伴隨著城市和花園,懸崖和島嶼,
And people upon you for thousands of miles?
以及在你身上居住的人們行走成千上萬英里?
Ah, you are so great, and I am so small,
啊,你是那么偉大,而我是這等渺小,
I tremble to think of you, World, at all:
世界啊,我一想到你就感到顫抖,
And yet, when I said my prayers, today,
那么,今天,當(dāng)我在進(jìn)行祈禱時(shí),
A whisper inside me seemed to say,
一陣來自我內(nèi)心深處的低語似乎在說:
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
你比地球更偉大,盡管你只是上面的一個(gè)小圓點(diǎn),
You can love and think, and the Earth can not!
但你能夠去愛,去思考,地球做不到??!