卷五（四）　随水瓶、双鱼同升的星群，两熊与星的等级

The Eagle

［天鹰］

But now the Eagle must my Songs employ, / He shines upon the left hand of the Boy, / Whom first from Earth he did to Skies convey, / And now with wide stretcht Wings hovers o're his Prey.

但现在天鹰必须占用我的诗，他照在那少年的左手边，那少年是他最先从大地带到天上的，如今他张开宽大的翅膀，盘旋在他的猎物之上。

This Bird, the Armour-bearer of the Skies, / Brings back thrown Thunder, Iove with Arms supplies, / And with the Youth's twelfth part begins to rise.

这只鸟，诸天的持甲者，把掷出的雷霆带回来，为朱庇特供给武器，随着那少年的第十二份开始升起。

And then shall spring a violent ravenous Brood, / Eager to rob, and purchase Spoil with Blood: / On Men and Beasts with equal Lust they seize, / Nor make a difference between War and Peace.

那时将生出一群暴烈贪婪的后代，急于抢劫，用鲜血换取战利品：他们以同样的贪欲扑向人与兽，不分战争与和平。

Their Friends and Enemies alike they awe, / They every thing to wild contention draw, / Their Will their Ruler, and their Sword their Law.

他们使朋友与敌人同样畏惧，他们把一切都拖进狂野的争斗，他们的意志就是他们的统治者，他们的剑就是他们的法律。

But if their Violence aright they place, / Their Vice turns Vertue; conquer'd Spoils shall grace / Their happy Country; when in Arms they dare, / Success shall wait, and Victory crown their War.

但如果他们把暴力用得其所，他们的恶习就变成美德；征服的战利品将装点他们幸福的祖国；当他们拿起武器奋勇时，成功将随之而来，胜利将为他们的战争加冕。

But since the Eagle is employ'd above / Not to throw Thunder, but to wait on Iove, / And bring him Arms, they hope in vain to bear / The highest Office, and Command in War; / They must be meaner, equal to their Star:

但既然天鹰在上面受雇，不是去掷雷霆，而是侍候朱庇特，给他带来武器，他们就徒然希望担任最高的职位、在战争中统帅；他们必须低一等，与他们的星相称：

Wait on a General, bear his ponderous Shield, / And serve him bravely in the dangerous Field.

侍候一位将军，背负他沉重的盾牌，在危险的战场上英勇地为他效力。

Cassiopeia

［卡西俄珀亚］

When mourning Cassiopeia, grac'd with Stars, / Upon the left hand of the Youth appears, / And joins twice ten Degrees, her Beams impart / In Metals skill, and fill the Births with Art: / The precious Matter they shall nobly mold, / And raise the native value of the Gold;

当哀伤的卡西俄珀亚饰着群星，在那少年的左手边出现，与两个十度相会时，她的光线赋予冶金的技艺，使所生之人充满技艺：他们将高贵地塑造珍贵的材料，提升黄金天然的价值；

Hence shine our Temples, and our Roman Iove / Fills here a Heaven as bright as that above; / Happy this Art employ'd on things Divine, / To frame a Statue, or adorn a Shrine; / But now how low her Head she strives to hide, / Whilst chain'd to Luxury, and a Slave to pride!

由此我们的神庙闪耀，我们罗马的朱庇特在这里充满一个像天上一样明亮的天；这技艺用在神圣的事物上是幸福的，用来塑一尊像、装饰一座神龛；但如今她多么低地想藏起她的头，被锁在奢侈上，做骄傲的奴隶！

Now precious Metals common Roofs enfold, / Rival the Temples, and we feast in Gold.

如今贵重的金属包住普通人家的屋顶，与神庙争胜，我们在黄金中宴饮。

But great Augustus doth its state maintain, / Shews its old worth, and makes it rise again; / His Temples shine, and now such Works are wrought / As Mithridates lost when Sylla fought; / The Sun's outshone, and Caesar's glorious Gems / Excel the native lustre of his Beams:

但伟大的奥古斯都维护它的尊严，显示它古老的价值，使它重新兴起；他的神庙闪耀，如今造出的作品，就像米特里达梯在苏拉作战时失去的那样；太阳被盖过，凯撒光辉的宝石胜过了他光线天然的光彩：

And hence with joy we view that wondrous Prize, / The Monuments of Pompey's Victories; / Though those did first a Lust for Gems inspire, / Which still burns new? and spreads a growing fire; / The Ornaments of Kings now serve to grace / A shape, and raise the value of a Face;

由此我们欣喜地观看那奇妙的战利品，庞培胜利的纪念物；虽然它们最先激起了对宝石的贪欲，这贪欲至今仍在新燃，散布日益增长的火；国王的饰物如今用来装点一个身形，提高一张脸的价值；

Now Neck, Feet, Hands are deckt, and every Dress / Shines with the Spoils of groaning Provinces; / Yet 'tis the Ladies Sign, their wants supply'd / Advance its worth, they love what decks their Pride: / Lest want of Matter should the Work restrain, / The Art grow idle, and the Sign be vain, / By the same Powers are wretched Men decoy'd / To dig for Oar, and work to be employ'd;

如今颈、足、手都被装饰，每一件衣服都闪着呻吟的行省的掠获物：然而这是女士们的星座，她们的需要得到满足，提升了它的价值，她们爱那装饰她们骄傲的东西：为免缺少材料使这工作停顿，技艺变得闲置，星座变得无用，同样的力量诱使可怜的人去挖矿，劳作以求被雇用；

To turn the Globe to search where Metals breed, / And see young Gold first blushing in its Seed; / Harmless it lies, 'till the mistaken worth / Deludes poor Man, and brings the Monster forth.

翻转地球，搜寻金属生长的地方，看见年轻的黄金在它的种子里初次泛红；它无害地躺着，直到错误的价值迷惑了可怜的人，把这怪物带出来。

And lest Temptations too obscure should lye, / Too far remov'd from every common Eye, / Mixt with the Sands they shine on every Shore, / These he shall gather, and extract the Oar, / Or dive for Jewels, and intent on Gain, / Pierce thro the Floods, and search the deepest Main;

为免诱惑藏得太隐秘，离普通人的眼睛太远，它混在沙里，在每一处海岸闪光，他将收集这些，提炼矿石，或者潜水寻找宝石，一心求利，穿过洪流，搜寻最深的大海；

Draw Gold and Silver from the Waves embrace, / And work them singly, and adorn the Mass; / Or in Electrum both ignobly join: / These are the Powers and Tempers of this Sign.

从波浪的怀抱中取出金与银，分别加工，装饰那块料；或者把两者卑劣地合成琥珀金：这些就是这个星群的力量与性情。

What Constellations rise with Pisces. Andromeda

［哪些星群随双鱼升起：安德洛墨达］

Next shines Andromeda; she leaves the Sea, / And on the Right joins Pisces twelfth Degree.

接着安德洛墨达发光；她离开大海，在右边与双鱼第十二度相会。

Bright she appears, and gay with sparkling Fires, / As when young Perseus first felt warm desires.

她明亮地出现，饰着闪烁的火光，就像年轻的珀尔修斯初次感到温暖的欲望时那样。

Unhappy Maid! expos'd to rage Divine, / A faultless Victim for her Mother's Sin: / When Seas let loose o'reflow'd the fruitful Plain, / And Earth now fear'd its ruin from the Main; / Nought could appease, but to the injur'd Flood / The Maid resign'd, to quench its rage with Blood.

不幸的少女！被交给神的狂怒，为她母亲的罪做无辜的牺牲：那时海水被放出，漫过肥沃的平原，大地此刻害怕被大海毁灭；什么也平息不了，只有把少女交给受了冒犯的洪流，用血平息它的狂怒。

This was her Bridal, in her Robes of State; / But not provided for so sad a Fate, / Glorious she lookt, and like the setting Sun, / Greater, tho not so fierce, her Beauty shone.

这就是她的婚礼，她穿着盛装；但没有为如此悲惨的命运准备，她看起来光彩照人，像落日一样，更大，虽不那样炽烈，她的美丽照耀着。

No joyful Torch its ominous Flames did spread, / No Vows were heard to crown her fruitful Bed; / But Groans and Tears, e're Death pronounc'd her doom / The Maid was born alive to her own Tomb.

没有欢乐的火炬散布它不祥的火焰，没有誓愿为她多子的婚床加冠；只有呻吟与泪水，在死亡宣判她的命运之前，少女就被活活抬到了她自己的坟墓。

Hence fly my Muse, and on the naked Shore / Leave the poor Maid, and dare to look no more; / 'Twill melt thy Song to turn again to view, / The weeping Parents bid their last adieu; / To see her fetter'd, and expos'd to pain, / Design'd by Nature for another Chain:

飞离这里吧，我的缪斯，把可怜的少女留在赤裸的海岸，不敢再看；再回头去看会融化你的歌，那哭泣的父母说出最后的告别；去看她被锁住，交给痛苦，她本是自然为另一种锁链而设计的：

To see her hang on Rocks, and by her side / Grim Death appear, and point to the swoln Tide.

去看她悬在岩石上，身旁狰狞的死亡出现，指着涨起的潮水。

Yet turn, and view how she her Shape retains, / How fair she looks, and glorious in her Chains: / With what becoming fear her flowing Vest / Forsakes her Limbs, and leaves her naked Breast: / What hidden Beauties are expos'd to sight, / Like Lightning glare, but must be lost in night.

然而回过头来，看她怎样保持着形貌，看起来多么美丽，在锁链中多么光彩：她飘动的长袍带着怎样得体的恐惧离开她的肢体，露出她赤裸的胸脯：怎样隐藏的美显露在眼前，像闪电一样耀眼，却必须消失在黑夜里。

By her the Halcyons mourn'd, and round the Coast, / That so much Beauty should in vain be lost, / The Nymphs repin'd; and Nereis from the Deep / Bewail'd her Fate, and did consent to weep: / The gentle Breeze that fann'd her golden Locks, / Turn'd into Sighs, and murmur'd to the Rocks:

翠鸟为她哀悼，在海岸四周，仙女们怨叹这样的美竟要白白丧失；涅瑞伊得斯从深处为她的命运哀叹，也同意哭泣：吹拂她金色发绺的柔和微风，化成叹息，对岩石低语：

All Nature seem'd concern'd, despairing Grief / Was general, but too weak to yield relief.

整个自然似乎都关切，绝望的悲伤是普遍的，却太弱，不能带来解救。

Then Perseus, glorious with the Gorgon's Spoil, / By Love directed to a nobler Toil, / Kind Fortune brought; and at the wondrous sight / He checkt his Horse, and stopt his airy flight; / His Hand scarce held his Spoil, Medusa's Eyes / He bore, but now grew stiff at this surprise;

那时珀尔修斯，带着戈耳工的战利品而光荣，被爱情引向一件更高贵的劳作，被好运带来；看见这奇景，他勒住马，停住空中的飞行；他的手几乎握不住战利品，他携着美杜莎的眼睛，此刻自己却因这惊异而僵住；

The Chains that held her, and the burthen'd Stone / He happy call'd, and envy'd joys unknown.

那锁住她的锁链与负重的岩石，他称之为幸福，嫉妒那些未知的欢乐。

Amaz'd a while he hung, her Form survey'd, / Then heard the Story from the weeping Maid; / Streight in his Breast high generous thoughts were bred, / To spoil the Ocean to adorn his Bed: / And should a thousand frightful Gorgons rise.

他惊愕地悬了一会儿，端详她的形貌，然后从哭泣的少女那里听了她的故事；他胸中立刻生出高贵慷慨的念头，要掠夺大海来装点他的婚床：即使有上千个可怕的戈耳工兴起，

He would oppose them for so vast a Prize: / Fixt on these Thoughts he leaves the mournful Shore, / Her Parents chears, and bids them weep no more, / For Aid was come: And their Consent desir'd / Was granted soon, and nobler warmth inspir'd.

他也会为这样大的奖赏与它们对抗：定下这些念头，他离开哀伤的海岸，安慰她的父母，叫他们不要再哭，因为援救已到：他请求他们的同意，很快得到允许，更高贵的热情被激发了。

Back he returns: Now teeming Seas did roar, / Waves fled the Monster, and o'reflow'd the Shore; / High rais'd his Head, he spouts the Floods around, / All Nereus ecchoes, and the Shores resound: / Wide gapes his Mouth, and as on a vast Rock / Dasht on each Tooth the foaming Billows broke:

他回来了：此刻孕育怪物的海在咆哮，波浪逃离那怪物，漫过海岸；它高高昂起头，向四周喷出洪流，整个尼柔斯回响，海岸也回荡：它的大口张得很宽，泡沫翻滚的巨浪撞在它每一颗牙齿上，像撞在巨大的岩石上一样碎开：

His winding Tail o're half the Main was spread, / The Ocean groan'd, Rocks fear'd, and Mountains fled: / Unhappy Maid! though such an Aid was near, / What was thy Mind, and how surpris'd with fear?

它盘绕的尾巴铺满了半个大海，大洋呻吟，岩石害怕，山岭逃走：不幸的少女！虽然这样的援救就在近旁，你的心在想什么，被怎样的恐惧攫住？

How pale thy Look? and how thy Spirit fled / In a deep sigh, and hover'd round thy Head?

你的脸色多么苍白？你的精神怎样在一声深深的叹息中飞走，盘旋在你的头周围？

How bloodless all thy Limbs, when from deep Caves / The Monster rush'd, and bore the foaming Waves / And Fate along? and all design'd for thee / A Prey how little, for so vast a Sea!

你的肢体多么失血，当怪物从深深的洞穴里冲出来，带着泡沫翻滚的波浪与命运一起涌来？这一切都是为你准备的，对这样大的海来说，你是多么小的猎物！

But Perseus nimble Aid descends, and hides / The Gorgon's Fauchion in his scaly Sides; / He twists upon the Wound, then strives to rear / His head, and shoots up forward thro the Air: / Perseus retires, and still deludes his Foe, / Hangs in the Sky, and aims a surer Blow:

但珀尔修斯敏捷地俯冲而下援救，把戈耳工的弯刀藏进它有鳞的身侧；它在伤口上扭动，然后竭力抬起头，向前冲入空中：珀尔修斯退开，仍迷惑他的敌人，悬在天上，瞄准更有把握的一击：

He presses on, and casts his Jaws around, / Bites at the Air, but bites without a Wound.

它步步进逼，向四周张开大口，咬空气，却咬不出一道伤口。

Then tosses Seas to Heaven, spouts purple Floods / At his high Foe, and drowns him in the Clouds.

然后它把海水抛向天空，向它高处的敌人喷出紫红的洪流，把他淹没在云里。

The Maid beheld this Fight, and, grateful grown, / Fear'd for his danger, but forgot her own; / Doubtful which way the various Fate inclin'd, / In Body less suspended than in Mind: / Her doubt not long; for now Success did prove / The great advantage, and the force of Love;

少女看着这场战斗，满怀感激，为他的危险担忧，却忘了自己的；不知道变幻的命运倾向哪一边，她的心比身体悬得更紧：她的疑虑没有持续多久；因为此刻成功证明了爱情的巨大优势与力量；

The Monster groan'd, and from his Wounds there flow'd / A mighty Stream, and stain'd the Seas with Blood.

怪物呻吟，从它的伤口中流出一股巨流，把海染成血红。

Down deep he sinks, but soon he floats again, / And his vast Carcass covers all the Main; / Breathless he lay, yet then his shape did fright; / Tho dead, he was too dreadful for her sight.

它深深沉下，但很快又浮起来，它巨大的尸体盖满了大海；它躺着没有了呼吸，可它的形状仍令人害怕；虽然死了，对她的眼睛来说仍太可怕。

Now big with Conquest, from the cleansing Flood / Bright Perseus rose, and more August he stood; / Then to the Rocks with eager haste he flies, / Unbinds the Virgin, and enjoys the Prize.

此刻满载胜利，明亮的珀尔修斯从洁净的洪流中升起，站得更加威严；然后他急忙飞向岩石，解开少女，赢得奖赏。

And hence Andromeda now shines a Star, / The Cause, and the Reward of such a War, / As freed the Ocean, and restor'd the Main / To Neptune's sway, and fixt him in his Reign.

由此，安德洛墨达如今作为一颗星发光，她是这样一场战争的起因与奖赏，那场战争解放了大洋，把大海还给尼普顿的统治，使他稳坐王位。

And he that sees her rising Beams, shall draw / The Sword of Iustice, and shall smite by Law; / Dungeons shall be, and Whips and Racks his care, / Steel'd against Pity, and averse to spare.

看见她的光线升起而出生的人，将拔出正义之剑，依法处斩；地牢、鞭子与刑架将是他的职责，铁石心肠，不肯怜悯，厌恶宽恕。

At his stern feet shall wretched Wives complain, / And weeping Mothers tell their grief in vain: / Though late at night to kiss a parting Son, / And draw his flying Soul into his own; / A Father sues, in unrelenting Ears / His Prayers are lost, nor shall he yield to Tears.

在他严厉的脚下，可怜的妻子们将诉苦，哭泣的母亲们将徒然诉说她们的悲伤：即使夜深时，一位父亲恳求再吻一次将别的儿子，把他飞走的灵魂吸进自己的灵魂；他的祈祷也落进不肯回心的耳朵，他也不会向眼泪让步。

Or lean pale Hangmen shall her Beams create, / Those solemn Murderers and Slaves to Fate: / Who on the Curses of the pitying Crowd / Ignobly thrive, and live on shedding Blood.

或者她的光线将造出瘦削苍白的刽子手，那些庄重的谋杀者、命运的奴隶：他们靠怜悯的人群的诅咒卑劣地发达，靠流血为生。

But he that sees her chain'd to Rocks, shall find / A meaner Fortune, though as fierce a Mind; / A Goaler he shall be, secure for pains / Poor Slaves, and be a partner of their Chains. / With Pisces twenty first Degree to fly

但看见她被锁在岩石上而出生的人，将得到较卑下的命运，虽有同样凶猛的心；他将做狱卒，确保那些可怜的奴隶受苦，做他们锁链的同伴。随双鱼第二十一度飞起，

The Horse

［飞马］

The Horse begins, and beats the yielding Sky; / His Births shall Health, and vigorous Strength enjoy, / For Action quick, and nimble for employ.

飞马开始拍打退让的天空；它所生的人将享有健康与旺盛的力量，行动敏捷，做事灵活。

They in thick rounds shall rein the manag'd Steed, / Or sweep the Plain, deceiving with their speed: / Or proudly mounted they shall boldly dare / Heroick Acts, and lead the Crowd to War: / Or else be nimble Messengers, and move / With greater swiftness than a flying Dove;

他们将在密集的圈子里勒住受过训练的骏马，或者以速度掠过平原，令人眼花：或者骄傲地骑在马上，大胆地敢作英雄的事业，领着人群去作战：或者做敏捷的信使，走得比飞翔的鸽子还快；

Send both with like Advice, the one shall bring / Returns, whilst t'other lags with lazy Wing.

两者带着同样的消息出发，一个将带回答复，另一个还拍着懒散的翅膀落在后面。

Or they shall study Herbs, and strength impart / To Beasts, and e'en to Man enlarge their Art.

或者他们将研究草药，给牲畜以力量，甚至把他们的技艺扩展到人身上。

But now go on; with Pisces last Degrees, / The humble Constellation on his Knees

但现在继续前进；随双鱼最后几度，那跪在膝上的卑微星群

Hercules, or the Kneeling Constellation

［赫拉克勒斯，即跪着的星群］

O'th' Right appears: And those that then are born / No vertuous Powers, nor useful Arts adorn, / But they're for treachery, mischief, spoil design'd, / Guilt's in their looks and Rapine in their mind.

在右边出现：那时出生的人，没有有德的力量，也没有有用的技艺装点，他们是为背叛、恶行、掠夺而设计的，罪写在他们的脸上，劫掠藏在他们的心里。

Or if to Arts he shall incline the Breed, / Such, where the Danger doth the Skill exceed, / They chiefly follow; 'tis their only scope / To mount a Precipice, or dance a Rope; / Tread Airy steps, and whilst thro Clouds they reel, / Draw up the Crowd, and hang them at their heel. / But on the Left is open'd to our view

或者，如果他使所生之人倾向技艺，他们主要从事的是危险超过技巧的那种；那是他们唯一的目标：攀登绝壁，或者走绳；踏着空中的步子，当他们在云中摇晃时，引来人群，把人群的心挂在他们的脚跟上。但在左边，向我们的眼前展开的是

The Whale

［鲸鱼］

The Whale, who now doth thro the Skies pursue / With eager haste, as thro' the injur'd Flood / The fair Andromeda, and still thirsts for Blood.

鲸鱼，它如今在天上急切地追赶，就像在受冒犯的洪流中追赶美丽的安德洛墨达一样，仍渴望着血。

And He that then is born shall be inclin'd / To spoil the Sea, and kill the Scaly Kind, / No Fish shall swim secure whilst Nets can sweep / The troubled Ocean, and confine the Deep: / Those that but now could wanton or'e the Main / Shall lye fast bound, and wonder at their chain;

那时出生的人将倾向劫掠大海，杀戮鳞类，只要网能扫过翻腾的大洋、围住深处，没有鱼能安全地游动：那些刚才还能在大海上嬉戏的，将被紧紧缚住躺着，惊讶于它们的锁链；

Till with a touch He shall the Cords command, / And draw the Dancing Captives to the Land.

直到他一碰就指挥绳索，把跳动的俘虏拖上岸。

Or whilst He shoals expects e'en midst the Flood / Destroy, and stain the Ocean with their Blood.

或者，当他预期鱼群来时，就在洪流中间毁灭它们，用它们的血染红大洋。

Yet then his works not cease, or pains decay, / His various Arts encreasing with his prey: / For on the Shore He shall his spoil divide / For different uses. This when lightly dry'd / Is better Meat; and that when moist is good, / Whilst other parts are hardned into Food.

然而他的工作并不停止，他的辛劳也不减少，他种种的技艺随他的猎物而增加：因为在岸上，他将把他的战利品分开，作不同的用途。这一部分稍稍晾干就是更好的肉；那一部分湿的时候好，而别的部分被晒硬成为食物。

Could Gluttons see, they would not bear the sight / Of preparations for their Appetite, / Whilst Blood and Guts in a polluted Mass / Lye mixt, and are corrupted into Sauce; / Till all in filthy Gore distils to treat / The fashionable Palate of the Great.

饕餮者如果看见，就会受不了为他们的胃口所作的准备，那时血与内脏混成一团污秽，躺在一起，腐坏成酱：直到一切在污秽的血污中蒸馏出来，款待大人物时髦的口味。

Or if to meaner Arts his Thoughts encline, / Then Salt's his care; he shall the Floods confine / In narrow Pitts, and to the Beams expose, / Till what was liquid now a solid grows, / Then lay the crusted froth with careful hand / In heaps, and cleanse it, and divide the Sand.

或者，如果他的心思倾向较卑下的技艺，那么盐就是他的关心；他将把洪流限制在狭窄的池里，暴露在日光下，直到原本是液体的变成固体，然后用小心的手把结成硬壳的泡沫堆起来，清洗它，分开沙子。

And thus the brackish and unwholesom Flood / Proves vital Salt, and Poyson's turn'd to Food.

这样，咸而不卫生的洪流就成了维生的盐，毒药变成了食物。

The Great and Lesser Bear which still maintain / One constant Round, and never touch the Main, / Scarce know a Rise; yet when each front appears,

大熊与小熊始终保持同一个圈子，从不接触大海，几乎不知道升起；然而当各自的前端出现时，

The rising of the two Bears

［两熊的升起］

Take that to be the rising of the Bears. / The First with Leo, and the last is join'd / With Scorpio, and prove friendly to their kind.

就把那当作两熊的升起。第一个与狮子相连，后一个与天蝎相连，它们对自己的同类友好。

For those that then are born to Beasts shall bear / Kind tempers, and oblige them by their Care; / Give Law to Lions, with a Panther play, / Teach Tigers peace, and make a Wolf obey; / Maintain Converse, and give them Arts unknown, / And such as Nature never thought her own.

因为那时出生的人将对野兽怀有和善的性情，以他们的照料使野兽感恩；给狮子定法则，与豹子嬉戏，教老虎和平，使狼服从；与它们交谈，给它们未知的技艺，那些自然从没想到是她自己的技艺。

But yet their thoughts to Bears shall most incline, / And there improve the Kindred of their Sign.

然而他们的心思最倾向于熊，在那里增进他们星座的亲缘。

Or ride the Elephant, his Bulk command, / And make the Monster tremble at their Wand.

或者骑在大象上，指挥它的庞大身躯，使这怪物在他们的杖下发抖。

Base the submission, where such strength in vain / Possess't must tamely yield to feeble Man: / * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * / * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

这种屈服是卑贱的，那么大的力量徒然被拥有，必须驯顺地向软弱的人让步：（以下原诗残缺）

The several magnitudes of the Stars

［星的几种等级］

The third siz'd Stars the Pleiad's form do grace, / They shine with virgin blushes in their face: / Four in the Dolphin are observ'd to rise, / And in Deltoton Three of equal size: / The same the Eagle, and the Bear display, / Nor can the Draco boast a greater ray;

三等大小的星装点昴星团的形体，它们以处女的羞红照耀：海豚中可以看到四颗升起，三角座中有三颗同样大小：天鹰与熊也显出同样的，天龙也不能夸耀更大的光芒；

Of size the Fourth and Fifth securely take / A measure from the others of the Snake.

第四与第五等的大小，可以放心地从蛇的其余各星取得尺度。

But yet the greatest part we spare to note, / Too small to be discern'd, or too remote: / There lye obscure, and seldom spread their light, / But when the Moon's withdrawn to lower Night, / When great Orion from the Skies retires, / Plunges in Waves, and quenches his bright Fires;

但大部分我们略过不记，太小而看不清，或者太远：它们暗暗地躺在那里，很少散布它们的光，只有当月亮退到较低的夜里，当伟大的猎户从天上退去，没入波浪，熄灭他明亮的火焰时；

Or when gay Phoebus doth his sway resign / To shades, then They have a short leave to shine, / Then Heaven with little Lights is spangled o're, / That not the Sand upon the crooked Shore, / That not the Billows in Tempestuous Floods, / That not the leaves when Autumn shakes the Woods, / Can equal the great Train; they all surmount, / E'en Number is too short for the account.

或者当华丽的福玻斯把他的统治让给阴影，那时它们才得到短暂的许可发光，那时天上缀满了小小的光点，以至于不论是弯曲海岸上的沙，不论是暴风雨洪流中的巨浪，不论是秋天摇撼森林时的树叶，都比不上这庞大的行列；它们胜过一切，连数目也不够计算。

And as in Cities, where in ranks decreed / First Nobles go, and then the Knights succeed, / The next in order may the People claim; / The Rabble next, a Croud without a Name: / So is the Heaven by different ranks possest;

正如在城市里，按规定的等级，先是贵族，然后是骑士相继，接下来的次序可以归人民，再接下来是贱民，一群没有名字的人群：天也是这样被不同的等级占有；

Some like the Nobles with more rays are drest, / Some shine with less, the numerous crowd with least: / Were these endow'd with a proportion'd heat, / Were they in Power, as they're in number great; / They long ago must have dissolv'd the Frame, / Nor could the world have born so fierce a Flame.

有的像贵族，披着更多的光线，有的发出较少的光，众多的人群发出最少的光：如果这些星被赋予相称的热，如果它们的力量与它们的数目一样大；它们早就必定已经瓦解了这个结构，世界也承受不了这样猛烈的火焰。