The Old Dream Comes Again to Me

Heinrich Heine

English translation

James Thomson

HE old dream comes again to me:
With May-night stars above,
We two sat under the linden-tree
And swore eternal love.

Again and again we plighted troth,
We chattered, and laughed, and kissed;
To make me well remember my oath
You gave me a bite on the wrist.

O darling with the eyes serene,
And with the teeth so white!
The vows were proper to the scene,
Superfluous was the bite.

我的舊夢重圓

亨利?！ずＤ?

我的舊夢重圓，
五月的夜空星光閃閃，
我倆并坐菩提樹下，
相約愛到永遠永遠。

一次次我們發出誓言，
時而親吻，時而笑談；
為了讓我不忘盟誓，
你用嘴咬了我的手腕。

啊，親愛的，潔白的牙齒，
還有那寧靜的雙眼！
誓約與夜色水乳交融，
只是那一口咬得有些枉然。