I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
I walked slowly like a cloud which floats high over the valleys and hills. Suddenly I noticed many golden daffodils beside the lake and under the trees. They were shaking and dancing in the wind.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The daffodils are numerous as if they are shining stars sparkling on the galaxy. The line of flowers never ends which is along the bank of the bay. I glanced at ten thousand flowers which are shaking their heads when dancing happily.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed – and gazed – but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
The waves beside the flowers were dancing too, but the happiness of flowers surpassed bright waves. How happy a poet would be with such a joyful companion! I gazed for a long time and never thought of how much wealth the wonderful view had brought to me.
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
When I lie on my bed feeling bored or thinking about something, the flowers often flash in my mind which is the ecstasy of my life. Then my heart is filled with pleasure and dances with the daffodils.
譯文：
我孤獨地漫遊，像一朵雲
在山丘和谷地上飄蕩，
忽然間我看見一群
金色的水仙花迎春開放，
在樹蔭下，在湖水邊，
迎著微風起舞翩翩。
連綿不絕，如繁星燦爛，
在銀河裡閃閃發光，
它們沿著湖灣的邊緣
延伸成無窮無盡的一行；
我一眼看見了一萬朵，
在歡舞之中起伏顛簸。
粼粼波光也在跳著舞，
水仙的歡欣卻勝過水波；
與這樣快活的伴侶為伍，
詩人怎能不滿心歡樂！
我久久凝望，卻想像不到
這奇景賦予我多少財寶，
每當我躺在床上不眠，
或心神空茫，或默默沉思，
它們常在心靈中閃現，
那是孤獨之中的福祉；
於是我的心便漲滿幸福，
和水仙一同翩翩起舞。
——飛白