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It passed o'er the battle plain, where sword, and spear, and shield flashed in the light of midday;
它對戰場置之不理，那里，刀劍、槍矛和盾牌在正午陽光照耀下寒氣襲人；
and the strength Of serried hosts is shivered, and the grass, green from the soil of carnage,
密集的士兵沒了膽氣，發生大屠殺的土地上長出的綠草，
waves above the crushed and moldering skeleton.
上面附著被壓碎和腐朽的枯骨。
It came, and faded like a wreath of mist at eve; Yet, ere it melted in the viewless air,
它就像創世之初大霧中的花環，出現又隱去；在它融進無風景的空中之前，
it heralded its millions to their home in the dim land of dreams.
召喚千百萬人回到夢中模糊之地的家園。
Remorseless Time! Fierce spirit of the glass and scythe!
無情的時間老人！玻璃和大鐮刀那兇猛的幽靈！
what power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart to pity!
什么力量能默默待在他身邊，抑或將他那顆堅強冷酷的心融化！
On, still on he presses, and forever. The proud bird, the condor of the Andes,
上面，還在上面，他按著，永不松開。驕傲的鳥兒，安第斯山脈的神鷹，
that can soar through heaven's unfathomable depths, or brave the fury of the northern hurricane,
能穿透無際的天空，抑或像狂怒的北方颶風那樣勇敢無畏，
and bathe his plumage in the thunder's home, furls his broad wings at nightfall,
在雷神的家曬他的羽毛，在夜幕下收起翅膀，
and sinks down to rest upon his mountain crag; but time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness;
墜入他高山的峭壁權作休息；但是時間老人不曉得睡覺或者疲憊的影響；
And night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion.
夜晚的漆黑沒有鎖鏈來綁縛他那急速飛轉的小齒輪。
