《Annabel Lee》Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
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I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
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And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
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The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me -
Yes! - that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
很久很久以前,
在一个滨海的国度里,
住着一位少女你或许认得,
她的芳名叫安娜贝尔.李;
这少女活着没有别的愿望,
只为和我俩情相许。
那会儿我还是个孩子,她也未脱稚气,
在这个滨海的国度里;
可我们的爱超越一切,无人能及——
我和我的安娜贝尔.李;
我们爱得那样深,连天上的六翼天使
也把我和她妒嫉。
这就是那不幸的根源,很久以前
在这个滨海的国度里,
夜里一阵寒风从白云端吹起,冻僵了
我的安娜贝尔.李;
于是她那些高贵的亲戚来到凡间
把她从我的身边夺去,
将她关进一座坟墓
在这个滨海的国度里。
这些天使们在天上,不及我们一半快活,
于是他们把我和她妒嫉——
对——就是这个缘故(谁不晓得呢,在这个滨海的国度里)
云端刮起了寒风,
冻僵并带走了我的安娜贝尔.李。
可我们的爱情远远地胜利
那些年纪长于我们的人——
那些智慧胜于我们的人——
无论是天上的天使,
还是海底的恶魔,
都不能将我们的灵魂分离,
我和我美丽的安娜贝尔.李。
因为月亮的每一丝清辉都勾起我的回忆
梦里那美丽的安娜贝尔.李
群星的每一次升空都令我觉得秋波在闪动
那是我美丽的安娜贝尔.李
就这样,伴着潮水,我整夜躺在她身旁
我亲爱的——我亲爱的——我的生命,我的新娘,
在海边那座坟茔里,
在大海边她的墓穴里。