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On the slope of the desolate river among tall grasses I asked her, `Maiden, where do you go shading your lamp with your mantle?
在荒涼的河岸上，深草叢中，我問她：“姑娘，你用披紗遮著燈，要到哪里去呢？
My house is all dark and lonesome---lend me your light!'
我的房子黑暗寂寞－－把你的燈借給我罷！”
she raised her dark eyes for a moment and looked at my face through the dusk.
她抬起烏黑的眼睛，從暮色中看了我一會。
I have come to the river, she said, to float my lamp on the stream when the daylight wanes in the west.'
“我到河邊來，”她說，“要在太陽西下的時候，把我的燈飄浮到水上去。”
I stood alone among tall grasses and watched the timid flame of her lamp uselessly drifting in the tide.
我獨立在深草中看著她的燈的微弱的火光，無用地在潮水上飄流。
In the silence of gathering night I asked her, `Maiden, your lights are all lit---then where do you go with your lamp?
在薄暮的寂靜中，我問她：“你的燈火都已點上了－－那么你拿著這燈到哪里去呢？
My house is all dark and lonesome---lend me your light.'
我的房子黑暗寂寞－－把你的燈借給我罷。”
She raised her dark eyes on my face and stood for a moment doubtful.
她抬起烏黑的眼睛望著我的臉，站著沉吟了一會。
I have come,' she said at last, `to dedicate my lamp to the sky.'
最后她說：“我來是要把我的燈獻給上天。”
I stood and watched her light uselessly burning in the void.
我站著看她的燈光在天空中無用的燃點著。
In the moonless gloom of midnight I ask her, `Maiden, what is your quest, holding the lamp near your heart?
在無月的夜半朦朧之中，我問她：“姑娘，你作什么把燈抱在心前呢？
My house is all dark and lonesome---lend me your light.
我的房子黑暗寂寞－－把你的燈借給我罷。”
She stopped for a minute and thought and gazed at my face in the dark.
她站住沉思了一會，在黑暗中注視著我的臉。
I have brought my light,' she said, `to join the carnival of lamps.'
她說：“我是帶著我的燈，來參加燈節(jié)的。”
I stood and watched her little lamp uselessly lost among lights.
我站著看著她的燈，無用地消失在眾光之中。
