? By Robert Browning
The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap?
In fiery ringlets from their sleep.
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro’ its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!
我的譯文：
壹海煙波長岸黝，
半輪金月半低頭。
細浪躍起浮生夢，
驚濤掀起火烈丘。
小水灣前蘭舟在，
濁泥灘上等去留。
暖風吹香壹裏遙，
壟畝三分見戶寮。
輕拍窗欞說遠客，
急燃柴薪試焰苗。
柔聲驚問來者誰，
兩目相看心相敲。
羅伯特·勃朗寧 （Robert Browning）：英國維多利亞時代唯壹可與丁尼生媲美的詩人。 勃朗寧的小詩《夜會》中沒有熱烈而纏綿的描述，而是用他最擅長的戲劇性描寫手法，將小夥子盼望見到愛人的急切心情宣泄得淋漓盡致。看！他在漆黑的夜晚，駕著小船駛過海灣，越過海灘，穿過田野，終於來到了愛人的身邊，直到“兩顆跳動的心緊緊相融”……。