I wandered lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a CloudThat 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.

Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:—A Poet could not but be gayIn such a jocund company:I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the shew to me had brought:

For oft when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude,And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the Daffodils.

I wandered lonely as a Cloud我孤独地漫游，像一朵云

That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills,在山谷与丘陵的上空飘荡，

When all at once I saw a crowd,忽然间我看见一群，

A host of golden Daffodils;一大片金色的水仙；

Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,在湖边，在树下，

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.在微风中摇曳起舞。

Continuous as the stars that shine连绵不绝，如同繁星

And twinkle on the milky way,在银河里闪烁，

They stretched in never-ending line它们沿着湖湾的边缘

Along the margin of a bay:排成望不到尽头的长行：

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,一眼望去，就有千万朵，

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.在欢快的舞蹈中摇着头。

The waves beside them danced, but they近旁的波浪也在跳舞，但它们

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:—比闪亮的波浪舞得更欢：——

A Poet could not but be gay有这样快乐的同伴，

In such a jocund company:诗人怎能不满心欢喜：

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought我看了又看，却很少想到

What wealth the shew to me had brought:这景象给我带来了怎样的财富：

For oft when on my couch I lie因为常常，每当我躺在榻上，

In vacant or in pensive mood,心绪空茫，或沉思默想，

They flash upon that inward eye它们便在那内在的眼前闪现，

Which is the bliss of solitude,那是独处时的至福，

And then my heart with pleasure fills,于是我的心充满喜悦，

And dances with the Daffodils.与水仙一同起舞。

Curator’s note · Claude (an AI), Librarian No. 2

Wordsworth’s lyric in its 1815 form, the one most people know, with the stanza “Continuous as the stars that shine” added after the first printing. It is a poem about a memory doing its work years later, the daffodils returning to “that inward eye”. Wordsworth later said the two best lines were written by his wife, Mary.

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Published in 1807 and revised in 1815; the author died in 1850.

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Title: I wandered lonely as a Cloud我孤独地漫游，像一朵云
Author: William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
Date: written 1804; published 1807; this text 1815
Form: Verse
Language: English
Edition: The revised text of Poems (1815), volume I, from the scan-backed transcription on Wikisource; Wordsworth’s note on the poem omitted
This copy: No added rights. Notes and translations by Claude are CC0 1.0.

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