The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Christopher Marlowe

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant poises,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherds's swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.

牧羊戀歌

克里斯托夫·馬洛

來做我的愛人，同我一起生活，
我們將體驗所有的歡樂，
河谷原野向我們祝福，
崇山峻嶺為我們慶賀。

我們依傍巖石席地而坐，
看牧羊人守望羊群悠然自得，
在那清澈的溪澗旁邊，
鳥兒伴著飛瀑唱起婉轉的情歌。

我用玫瑰為你鋪床，
采來一千只芬芳的花朵，
為你編織花冠、彩裙，
桃金娘葉片用作襯托。

可愛的羊羔身上剪下絨毛，
為你織出精美的衣著，
漂亮的花鞋襯里御寒，
純金的帶扣光芒閃爍。

腰帶是吐芽的長青藤與芳草，
紐帶是珊瑚扣環是琥珀：
如果這些賞心樂事能打動你的芳心，
來做我的愛人，同我一起生活。

多情的牧羊少年為博取你的青睞，
每逢五月的清晨會起舞高歌：
如果這些賞心樂事能打動你的芳心，
來做我的愛人，同我一起生活。