Twenty years hence my eyes may grow,

If not quite dim, yet rather so;

Yet yours from others they shall know,

Twenty years hence.

Twenty years hence, though it may hap

That I be call'd to take a nap

In a cool cell where thunder-clap

Was never heard,

There breathe but o'er my arch of grass

A not too sadly sigh'd 'Alas!'

And I shall catch, ere you can pass,

That wingèd word.

二十年后

二十年后，我的双眸，

大概神彩已走到尽头；

而你的美目二十年后，

众人会有评说。

二十年后，很有可能，

我响应召唤小憩三更，

我住的地窟那么冰冷，

再听不到雷声；

青草穹顶上窸窣传来，

一声轻轻的叹息“唉！”

我趁你路过还没离开，

抓住这插翅的道白。