A dream within A dream by Edgar Allen POE

Take this kiss upon the brow!
直到不能再輕吻你的額頭
And, in parting from you now,
直到不得不說再見的時候
Thus much let me avow-
請讓我坦白吧
You are not wrong, who deem
你的確是正確的
That my days have been a dream;
你曾讓我的生活如此夢幻
Yet if hope has flown away
然而當美好希冀都在悄然流逝
In a night, or in a day,
無論是在夜晚或在白天
In a vision, or in none,
無論是以有形或是無聲
Is it therefore the less gone?
那麼它是否可以離開的慢一點呢？
All that we see or seem
不管我們曾經是什麼
Is but a dream within a dream.
現在看來都不過是夢中夢

我置身其中
I stand amid the roar
在讓我心力交瘁的沙灘上
Of a surf-tormented shore,
我雙手緊握
And I hold within my hand
那段閃閃發光的回憶
Grains of the golden sand-
卻留不住！留不住！
How few! yet how they creep
它疾速從我的指間逝去
Through my fingers to the deep,
我痛哭！我痛哭！
While I weep- while I weep!
哦上帝！為什麼不能讓我牢牢抓住它？
Oh God! Can I not grasp them with a tighter clasp?
哦上帝！為什麼不能讓我從這無情苦海中脫離呢？
Oh God! Can I not save one from the pitiless wave?
所有那些我們曾經經歷的
Is all that we see or seem？
不過是夢中夢罷了
But a dream within a dream？
~結束~