A. E. Housman - The Isle of Portland（中英对照）

The star-filled seas are smooth tonight

From France to England strown;

Black towers above Portland light

The felon-quarried stone.

On yonder island; not to rise,

Never to stir forth free,

Far from his folk a dead lad lies

That once was friends with me.

Lie you easy, dream you light,

And sleep you fast for aye;

And luckier may you find the night

Than you ever found the day.

宝兰岛

阿尔佛莱德·爱德华·豪斯曼

今晚上英法两岸间海水

填满了千里星斗，

宝兰岛黑塔高照宝兰山

死囚刨缺的石头。

再不能升起了，在那边岛上

永没有翻身的一日，

远离其亲人躺着个孩子，

他是我旧日的相识。

安心地卧吧，任情地酣睡，

梦魂永远无挂牵，

可能够黑夜不至像白天

那样与你无缘。

（周煦良 译）