歌词与中文翻译
When I have fears that I may cease to be
每当我害怕生命或许就要止息
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
我怕来不及将我
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
像饱贮成熟谷米的谷仓般丰满翻涌的思绪
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
疾书为高高堆起的书籍
When I behold, upon the night's starred face,
每当我凝视那缀满繁星的夜空
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
巨大星云写意着浪漫的幻像
And think that I may never live to trace
我常想：即使神奇之手垂青于我，赐我良机
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
也无法追寻云影之痕
And when i feel, fair creature of an hour,
每当我意识到那转瞬即逝的盛景
That i shall never look upon thee more,
也许从今以后再不能见
Never have relish in the faery power
亦再也无法陶醉于亦真亦幻
Of unreflecting love;
深沉的爱情
－then on the shore
——于是，在广袤之岸
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
我茕茕孑立，沉思忖度
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
直到爱与声名，沉入虚无