《每當(dāng)我害怕》為濟(jì)慈所作的一首詩歌。這是濟(jì)慈的第一首伊麗莎白體14行詩，即莎士比亞體，五音步抑揚(yáng)格，韻式ABAB CDCD EFEF GG(起承轉(zhuǎn)合)，創(chuàng)作于1818年，濟(jì)慈當(dāng)時只有23歲。他患肺結(jié)核的弟弟在1819年去世，濟(jì)慈因為日夜照看弟弟，也染上了結(jié)核病，年僅26歲，這位才華橫溢的浪漫主義詩人便與世長辭了。據(jù)稱，濟(jì)慈寫這首詩時，已經(jīng)知道自己患有肺病。

When I Have Fears

每當(dāng)我害怕

When I have fears that I may cease to be

Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,

Before high piled books, in charactery,

Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain;

When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

And think that I may never live to trace

Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!

That I shall never look upon thee more,

Never have relish in the faery power

Of unreflecting love; —then on the shore

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.

每當(dāng)我害怕生命或許就要止息，

我的筆來不及苦集盈溢的思緒，

或把文字變?yōu)楦吒叨哑鸬臅?/p>

像飽貯的谷倉蓄滿成熟的谷米;

每當(dāng)我看見那綴滿繁星的夜景，

巨大星云畫出非凡的傳奇幻像，

想到即使運(yùn)氣幫忙，對我垂青，

生前或許也無法追摹這些云影;

每當(dāng)我感到那瞬間即逝的美顏，

也許從今以后再也不可能看見，

更無法享受輕松愛情魔力若仙

——于是，在廣袤世界的崖岸，

我形孤影單地佇立，細(xì)細(xì)思量，

直到愛與聲名沉入烏有的穹蒼。