I shot an arrow into the air,

我朝空中射支箭，

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

落地后不知去向；

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

疾速飞离快如光，

Could not follow it in its flight.

视力不能跟得上。

I breathed a song into the air,

我朝空中唱首歌，

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

落地后不知去向；

For who has sight so keen and strong,

视力敏锐犀利人，

That it can follow the flight of song?

跟得上歌声飞扬？

Long, long afterward, in an oak

很久以后橡树上，

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

我箭完好无损伤；

And the song, from beginning to end,

而歌从头到结尾，

I found again in the heart of a friend.

在友人心头回荡。