and saw what I never had seen:

　　A chapel was built in the midst,

　　where I used to play on the green.

　　And the gates of this chapel were shut,

　　and “Thou shalt not” writ over the door;

　　So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,

　　that so many, many sweet flowers bore;

　　And I saw it was filled with graves,

　　and tombstones where flowers should be;

　　and priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,

　　and binding with briars my joys and desires.

　　爱的乐园

　　我曾访问爱的乐园，

　　目睹了我前所未见：

　　殡仪馆耸立其中，

　　那里是我曾在上面嘻戏的草地。

　　而殡仪馆的大门紧闭，

　　门上大书“行人止步”；

　　我只好转向爱的乐园，

　　那里曾有无数漂亮鲜花开放；

　　映入眼帘的却是遍地坟茔，

　　墓碑取代了遍野鲜花：

　　黑袍牧师们蜿蜒绕行，

　　用荆棘捆绑着我的欢乐和欲望。