歌词与中文翻译
How can I then return in happy plight,
既然我白天黑夜不能安心独处，
That am debarred the benefit of rest?
白昼的压迫夜晚得不到消除，
When day's oppression is not eased by night,
日继夜，夜继日，愁烦更苦，
But day by night, and night by day, oppress'd?
我又怎能使快乐的心境恢复？
And each, though enemies to either's reign,
日和夜虽然原本是互相为敌，
Do in consent shake hands to torture me;
但折磨我时却联手配合默契。
The one by toil, the other to complain
一个让我辛劳，一个让我哀怨，
How far I toil, still farther off from thee.
说我跋涉得远，却离你更远。
I tell the day, to please them thou art bright
我讨好白昼，告诉它你四射光芒
And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:
纵云遮丽日，可使白昼辉煌:
So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night,
我又这样去巴结阴暗的夜晚，
When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.
说星光一旦消残，你可使夜空璀璨。
But day doth daily draw my sorrows longer，
然而白天却一天天使我忧心加重，
And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger.
夜晚则一晚晚使我愁思更浓。