Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
老虎,老虎,燃燒得如此明亮,
In the forests of the night;
夜晚的森林中;
What immortal hand or eye,
何等不朽的手或眼,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
能構築你可怕的對稱?
In what distant deeps or skies.
在何等遙遠的深淵或天空
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
燃燒著你眼中的火焰?
On what wings dare he aspire?
他敢憑什麼樣的翅膀高飛?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
哪隻手敢抓住火?
And what shoulder, & what art,
什麼肩膀,什麼藝術,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
能擰成你心臟的筋腱?
And when thy heart began to beat.
當你的心開始跳動時。
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
什麼可怕的手?什麼可怕的腳?
What the hammer? what the chain,
什麼錘子?什麼鏈子?
In what furnace was thy brain?
你的大腦是在什麼爐子裡鍛造的?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
什麼鐵砧?什麼可怕的抓握。
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
敢於擁抱它的致命恐懼嗎?
When the stars threw down their spears
當星星投下他們的長矛
And water'd heaven with their tears:
用他們的淚水澆灌了天堂:
Did he smile his work to see?
他看到自己的作品時微笑了嗎?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
造羔羊的那位也造了你嗎?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
老虎,老虎,燃燒得如此明亮,
In the forests of the night:
在夜晚的森林中:
What immortal hand or eye,
何等不朽的手或眼,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
敢構築你可怕的對稱嗎?