群星在紫光中旋转，您不像

Stars wheel in purple, yours is not so rare

长庚星难得露面，也不像

as Hesperus, nor yet so great a star

毕宿五或天狼，巨大、明亮，

as bright Aldebaran or Sirius,

不像血污的战神那么耀眼。

nor yet the stained and brilliant one of War;

群星在紫光中旋转，满天华彩，

stars turn in purple, glorious to the sight;

您，不像昴宿星团那么慈祥

yours is not gracious as the Pleiads are

也不像猎户星座，那么灿烂；

nor as Orion's sapphires, luminous;

但当所有的星凋萎、飘落，

yet disenchanted, cold, imperious face,

您那清醒、冷静、高傲的脸，

when all the others blighted, reel and fall,

像钢钉铆紧，为在风暴里

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

飘荡的货船单独遵约出现。

to freighted ships, baffled in wind and blast.