In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
忽必烈汗在上都曾经
下令造一座堂皇的安乐殿堂：

Where Alph, the sacrecl river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
这地方有圣河亚佛流奔，
穿过深不可测的洞门，
直流入不见阳光的海洋。

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers weregirdled round:
有方圆五英里肥沃的土壤，
四周给围上楼塔和城墙：

And there were gardens bright with sinuousrills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
那里有花园，蜿蜒的溪河在其间闪耀，
园里树枝上鲜花盛开，一片芬芳；

And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
这里有森林，跟山峦同样古老，
围住了洒满阳光的一块块青青草场。

Butoh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
但是，啊！那深沉而奇异的巨壑

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
沿青山斜裂，横过伞盖的柏树！
野蛮的地方，既神圣而又着了魔－－

As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
好象有女人在衰落的月色里出没，
为她的魔鬼情郎而凄声嚎哭！

And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoilseething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants werebreathing,
巨壑下，不绝的喧嚣在沸腾汹涌，
似乎这土地正喘息在快速而强烈的悸动中，

A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half- intermitted burst
从这巨壑里，不时迸出股猛烈的地泉；
在它那时断时续的涌迸之间，

Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
巨大的石块飞跃着象反跳的冰雹，
或者象打稻人连枷下一撮撮新稻；

And'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
从这些舞蹈的岩石中，时时刻刻
迸发出那条神圣的溪河。