60. She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways

——W. Wordsworth

She dwelt among the untrodden ways

Beside the springs of Dove,

A Maid whom there were none to praise

And very few to love:

A violet by a mossy stone

Half hidden from the eye!

——Fair as a star, when only one

Is shining in the sky.

She lived unknown, and few could know

When Lucy ceased to be;

But she is in her grave, and, oh,

The difference to me!

60　她居住在杳无人烟的地方[1]

华兹华斯

她居住在杳无人烟的地方，

达芙泉就在附近，

她是一个无人赞美的女郎，

更无人与她说爱谈情。

她是岩石下一朵紫罗兰，

青苔将它半遮半掩：

——当夜空中只有一颗星星闪亮，

那颗星与她一样耀眼！

她默默无闻地活着，没有人

知道露西何时停止了呼吸；

如今她已在墓中长眠，哎呀，

唯有我是她的知己！

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[1]此诗为悼念诗人的妹妹多勒赛而作。多勒赛终身未嫁，一直在诗人身边照顾他的饮食起居，有好事者因此怀疑华兹华斯与他的妹妹有不伦之爱，并将此诗作为爱情诗的名篇。