Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,在一個陰鬱的午夜，我虛弱而疲倦地沉思著，
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—翻著許多古怪離奇、記載失傳學問的書卷——
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,我正點著頭、幾乎要睡著，忽然傳來一陣輕叩，
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.像是有人輕輕敲著，敲著我的房門。
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—「是哪位訪客吧，」我喃喃道，「在敲我的房門——
Only this and nothing more.”只是這樣，沒別的了。」
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;啊，我清楚記得那是在淒冷的十二月；
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.每一塊將熄的餘燼都在地板上映出自己的鬼影。
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow我急切地盼著天亮；——我曾徒勞地想從書裡
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—借來悲傷的止息——為失去的蕾諾爾而生的悲傷——
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—為那位天使喚作蕾諾爾的、稀有而光燦的少女——
Nameless here for evermore.在這裡，她已永遠沒有名字。
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain而每一幅紫色窗簾那絲綢般、哀傷而不確定的窸窣聲，
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;令我戰慄——使我充滿了從未感受過的離奇恐懼；
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating於是此刻，為了平息心跳，我站著反覆說：
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—「是哪位訪客在我房門前懇求進來——
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—是某個遲來的訪客在我房門前懇求進來；——
This it is and nothing more.”就是這樣，沒別的了。」
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,不久我的膽子壯了起來；不再猶豫，
“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;我說：「先生，或女士，我真心懇求您的原諒；
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,事實是我正打著盹，而您敲得那麼輕，
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,叩得那麼微弱，叩著我的房門，
That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—我幾乎不確定聽見了您」——我於是把門大大打開；——
Darkness there and nothing more.那裡只有黑暗，沒別的了。
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,往那黑暗深處窺望，我站了很久，疑惑著，害怕著，
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;懷疑著，做著凡人從不敢做的夢；
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,但那寂靜沒有被打破，那靜止也沒有給出任何徵兆，
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”那裡唯一被說出的字，是耳語般的「蕾諾爾？」
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—是我低聲說的，而回聲喃喃送回那個字，「蕾諾爾！」——
Merely this and nothing more.僅僅如此，沒別的了。
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,轉身回到房裡，整個靈魂在體內燃燒，
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.很快我又聽見叩擊，比先前稍響一些。
“Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;「一定，」我說，「一定是我窗格上有什麼東西；
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—那就讓我看看那裡是什麼，把這謎團探個明白——
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—讓我的心靜一會兒，把這謎團探個明白；——
’Tis the wind and nothing more!”是風罷了，沒別的了！」
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,我把窗板一把推開，於是，一陣撲騰翻飛，
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;一隻來自遠古聖潔歲月的、威儀的烏鴉踱了進來；
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;牠絲毫沒有致意；一分鐘也沒有停留；
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—卻以貴族般的神態，棲在我的房門上方——
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—棲在一尊帕拉斯半身像上，就在我的房門正上方——
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.棲著，坐著，沒別的了。
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,接著這隻烏木色的鳥把我哀傷的心思誘得笑了出來，
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,憑著牠臉上那份莊重而嚴厲的儀態，
“Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven,我說：「雖然你的冠羽被剪得精光，你必定不是懦夫，
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore—你這從夜之岸漫遊而來的、陰森古老的烏鴉——
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”告訴我，在冥府之夜的岸上，你那尊貴的名字是什麼！」
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”烏鴉說道：「永不復返。」
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,我大為驚異，這笨拙的禽鳥竟能說得如此清楚，
Though its answer little meaning—little relevancy bore;儘管牠的回答幾乎沒有意義——也幾乎不相干；
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being因為我們不能不同意：沒有任何活著的人
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door—有幸見過一隻鳥停在自己的房門上方——
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,或任何鳥獸停在他房門上方那尊雕像上，
With such name as “Nevermore.”而且名字叫作「永不復返」。
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only但那烏鴉孤零零地坐在那尊安詳的半身像上，只說了
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.那一個字，彷彿把整個靈魂都傾注在那一個字裡。
Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—此後牠再沒說別的——也沒抖動一根羽毛——
Till I scarcely more than muttered “Other friends have flown before—直到我近乎只是喃喃自語：「別的朋友先前也都飛走了——
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”明天牠也會離開我，就像我的希望先前飛走一樣。」
Then the bird said “Nevermore.”那隻鳥於是說：「永不復返。」
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,我被這打破寂靜、答得如此貼切的回覆嚇了一跳，
“Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and store「毫無疑問，」我說，「牠說的是牠唯一的存貨，
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster學自某位不幸的主人，而無情的災難
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—緊追著他、越追越快，直到他的歌只剩一句疊句——
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore直到他為希望所唱的輓歌只剩那憂鬱的疊句：
Of ‘Never—nevermore’.”『永不——永不復返』。」
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,但那烏鴉仍然把我的心思全誘得笑了出來，
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;我立刻把一張軟墊椅拖到鳥、雕像與門的前面；
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking然後陷進天鵝絨裡，我讓自己開始
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—一個念頭接一個念頭，想著這隻遠古的不祥之鳥——
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore這隻陰森、笨拙、可怖、枯瘦而不祥的遠古之鳥——
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”牠嘶啞地說「永不復返」是什麼意思。
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing我坐在那裡猜測，卻沒有向那禽鳥吐出一個音節——
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;牠那火焰般的眼睛此刻正燒進我的胸膛深處；
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining我坐著揣想這個與更多的事，頭舒適地靠在
On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,燈光貪看著的那層天鵝絨襯墊上，
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er,但那紫羅蘭色的天鵝絨襯墊，在燈光的貪看之下，
She shall press, ah, nevermore!她將再也、啊，永不復再倚靠！
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer接著，我覺得空氣變濃了，一只看不見的香爐散出香氣，
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.由撒拉弗搖動著，他們的腳步在絨毯上叮噹作響。
“Wretch,” I cried, “thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee「可憐人，」我喊道，「你的神藉這些天使賜給了你——
Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;喘息——喘息與忘憂藥，好擺脫你對蕾諾爾的記憶；
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”喝吧，啊，痛飲這仁慈的忘憂藥，忘掉那失去的蕾諾爾吧！」
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”烏鴉說道：「永不復返。」
“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—「先知！」我說，「邪物！——無論是鳥是魔，你仍是先知！——
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,不管是誘惑者差你來，還是風暴把你拋上這岸，
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—荒涼卻毫不畏縮，在這片被施了魔法的荒地上——
On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore—在這座被恐怖纏繞的家裡——請老實告訴我，我懇求——
Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”基列還有——還有乳香嗎？——告訴我——告訴我，我懇求！」
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”烏鴉說道：「永不復返。」
“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!「先知！」我說，「邪物！——無論是鳥是魔，你仍是先知！
By that Heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adore—憑著在我們上方穹隆的那個天——憑著我們共同敬拜的那位神——
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,告訴這個負著悲傷的靈魂：在那遙遠的樂園裡，
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—它能不能擁抱那位天使喚作蕾諾爾的聖潔少女——
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”擁抱那位天使喚作蕾諾爾的、稀有而光燦的少女。」
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”烏鴉說道：「永不復返。」
“Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting—「就讓那個字作為我們分別的信號吧，鳥也好魔也好！」我猛地起身尖叫——
“Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!「回到那風暴裡去，回到冥府之夜的岸上去！
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!別留下一根黑羽，當作你靈魂說過那個謊的憑據！
Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!讓我的孤獨不被打擾！——離開我門上那尊雕像！
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”把你的喙從我心裡拔出去，把你的身影從我門上挪開！」
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”烏鴉說道：「永不復返。」
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting而那烏鴉，從不飛走，仍然坐著，仍然坐著，
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;坐在我房門正上方那尊蒼白的帕拉斯半身像上；
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,牠的眼睛完全像一個正在做夢的惡魔的眼睛，
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;而流瀉在牠身上的燈光把牠的影子投在地板上；
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor而我的靈魂，要從那攤在地板上漂浮的影子裡
Shall be lifted—nevermore!被拉起來——永不復矣！
