But only three in all God‘s universe可是在上帝的全宇宙里，总共才只

　　Have heard this word thou hast said，——Himself，beside三个人听见了你那句话：除了

　　Thee speaking，and me listening！and replied讲话的你、听话的我，就是他——

　　One of us……_that_ was God，……and laid the curse上帝自己！我们中间还有一个

　　So darkly on my eyelids，as to amerce出来答话；那昏黑的诅咒落上

　　My sight from seeing thee，——that if I had died，我的眼皮，挡了你，不让我看见，

　　The death-weights，placed there，would have signified就算我瞑了目，放上沉沉的“压眼钱”，

　　Less absolute exclusion¹. `Nay‘is worse也不至于那么彻底隔绝。唉，

　　From God than from all others，O my friend！

　　比谁都厉害，上帝的那一声“不行！”

　　Men could not part us with their worldly jars，要不然，世俗的诽谤离间不了我们，

　　Nor the seas change us，nor the tempests bend；

　　任风波飞扬，也不能动摇那坚贞；

　　Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars我们的手要伸过山岭，互相接触；

　　And，heaven being rolled between us at the end，有那么一天，天空滚到我俩中间，

　　We should but vow² the faster for the stars.我俩向星辰起誓，还要更加握紧。