Stars wheel in purple, yours is not so rare

紫色的星形轮，你不如

as Hesperus, nor yet so great a star

金星那么珍贵，也不如金牛星或天狼星

as bright Aldebaran or Sirius,

那么明亮，伟大，

nor yet the stained and brilliant one of War;

也不如一场战役那么壮观；

stars turn in purple, glorious to the sight;

紫色的星形轮，辉煌的旋转；

yours is not gracious as the Pleiads are

你并不如启明星那么灿烂，

nor as Orion's sapphires, luminous;

也不如猎户星的蓝宝石那么耀眼；

yet disenchanted, cold, imperious face,

客观的，冷漠的，傲慢的脸，

when all the others blighted, reel and fall,

当其他的星星枯萎，摇荡，沉落，

your star, steel-set, keeps lone and frigid tryst

你的星星，钢质的设备，孤独、冷漠地附着于

to freighted ships, baffled in wind and blast.

运货的船只，受阻于风和气流。