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凝视镀金的齿轮，

它们问：“这自负的家伙在这里干吗？”

六

这个嘛：在为这造物

装上劈波斩浪的翅膀时，

那无处不在的意志，操控一切

七

为如此喜气洋洋的她，

选中一个不祥的伴侣，

冰的形状，在另一个遥远的时间。

八

漂亮的轮船长大了，

亭亭玉立，花容月貌，

冰山在朦胧寂静的远方也已长大。

九

它俩看上去毫不相干，

凡人的眼睛无法预见

它们在后来会如此地亲密无间，

十

也看不出征兆，他们

注定会在路上相遇，

之后成为命定大事的双方，

十一

直到岁月的纺者说“时辰到！”，

每一个人都听到，

两人完婚，两个半球都被震惊。

I

In a solitude of the sea

Deep from human vanity,

And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she.

II

Steel chambers, late the pyres

Of her salamandrine fires,

Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres.

III

Over the mirrors meant

To glass the opulent

The seaworm crawls — grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent.

IV

Jewels in joy designed

To ravish the sensuous mind

Lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and black and blind.

V

Dim mooneyed fishes near

Gaze at the gilded gear

And query：“What does this vaingloriousness down here？”

VI

Well：while was fashioning

This creature of cleaving wing,

The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything

VII

Prepared a sinister mate

For her — so gaily great —

A Shape of Ice, for the time far and dissociate.