......

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

我听见了女水妖彼此对唱着歌。

I do not think that they will sing to me.

我不认为她们会为我而唱歌。

I have seen them riding seaward on the waves,

我看过她们凌驾波浪驶向大海，

Combing the white hair of the waves blown back,

梳着打回来的波浪的白发，

When the wind blows the water white and black.

当狂风把海水吹得又黑又白。

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea,

我们留连于大海的宫室，

By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown,

被海妖以红的和棕的海草装饰，

Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

一旦被人声唤醒，我们就淹死。



---普鲁弗洛克的情歌-艾略特