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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, in there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
我砰地推開百葉窗。聽到掠過和振翅的聲音，一只雄壯的烏鴉走了進來，像往昔那樣神圣而不可冒犯；
Not the least obeisance made he; Not a minute stopped or stayed he, but, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
它既沒向我致意問候；也沒有片刻駐留；而以紳士淑女的風度，飛到我房門的上頭——在我房門上頭
Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door— perched, and sat, and nothing more.
在一尊帕拉斯半身雕像上駐留——暫棲，坐著，再沒有別的。
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, by the grave and stern decorum Of the countenance it wore,
之后，這只黑鳥把我悲傷的幻覺哄騙成微笑，憑的是它那莊嚴和肅穆的容顏，
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore,
“雖然冠毛被剪除，”我說，“可你肯定不是懦夫，你這幽靈一般討厭的古鴉，從夜的彼岸漂泊至此，
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore!" quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
煩請告我尊姓大名，在永夜的冥府岸邊！”烏鴉幽咽，“永不復還。”
Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, though its answer little meaning— Little relevancy bore;
聽見如此直率的回答，這丑陋的老鴉愈發讓我驚奇，盡管它的回答沒有什么意義——又與提問不切題；
For we can not help agreeing that no living human being ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door—
因為我們不得不承認，從來沒有活著的世人，曾有幸地看見一只鳥棲在他房門上——
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, with such name as "Nevermore."
鳥或野獸竟駐留在他房門上方的半身雕像上，還叫“永不復還”的名字。
