No one ever gets tired of the moon.  She is goddess by power of her eternal永恒的不朽的 beauty; she is a true woman by her tact圆滑老练 --knows the charm of being seldom seen, of coming by sunrise and staying but a little while; never wears the same dress two nights running, nor all night the same way; commends赞扬 herself to the matter-of-fact据实的 people by her usefulness, and makes her uselessness adored  by poets, artists and all lovers in old lands; lends herself to every symbolism and to every emblem象征标志; is Diana's bow and Venus's mirror and Mary's throne宝座王位; is a sickle镰刀, a scarf, an eyebrow, his face or har face, when looked at by her or by him; is the madman's shell, the poet's heaven, the baby's toy, the philosopher's study; and while her admirers follow her foot steps, and hang on her lovely looks, she knows how to keep her woman's secret -- her other side -- unguessed and unguessable.

没有人会厌倦月亮。凭她天赋的永恒之美，她是女神，而凭她的机敏得体，她是一个真正的女人—— 知道少为人见的魅力；知道在日出时降临，并且只停留一会儿；从来不会在两个夜晚穿同样的衣服，整个夜晚也不会总是一个样子；讲求实际的人赞美她的有用性，诗人、艺术家和所有大陆上的情侣崇拜她的无用性；她适合被比作所有的象征：戴安娜的弓，维纳斯的镜子，玛丽的宝座；一把镰刀，一面头巾，一道眼眉，他的或她的被爱人所凝视的脸；是疯子的地狱，诗人的天堂，婴儿的玩具，哲学家的书房；当她的崇拜者，追随她的脚步，留恋她可爱的表情时，她知道如何保守她女人的秘密——她的另一面——那不可测度的一面。