Chapter 26 to sophia (miss stacey)
to sophia (miss stacey)
1
How beautiful you are, nymph of land and sea
And seldom so beautiful as thou;
Like the right clothes, go with you,
Here are your tender limbs:
As life leaps within,
Your limbs are always moving and shining.
2
Your deep eyes are a pair of stars
Flame, tender and crystal,
Will drive the wisest mad;
The wind that fanned the fire was fueled by joy
Thoughts born, like the currents of the sea,
It uses your rippling heart as a pillow.
3
If the face drawn by your eyes
Can turn green from ecstasy,
If the stunned soul is the faintest,
Just to hear your hasty harp;
Don't be surprised, then: whenever you speak of
When I am infatuated, my heart beats the most.
4
like waves awakened by a whirlwind,
like dew on the morning wind,
Like a bird hearing the warning of thunder,
like shocked and speechless creatures
I feel the missing spirit, my heart
Like all this, when your heart is near.
1819
Translated by Cha Liangzheng