I have kept the shape of the poem, opened out its sense more clearly, and tried - as Lowell rightly insists one must try - to get the tone.

我保留了诗歌的外形，更为清楚地展现出诗的意念。

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Had the tune not been there I know not what shape the rest of the poem might have taken; but the magic of the melody revealed to me the stranger in all her loveliness.

如果不先有那调子的话，我不知道接下来，诗会写成什么样子；但是这曲调的魅力，向我显示了那异乡人的千媚万态。

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Had the tune not been there I know not what shape the rest of the poem might have taken; but the magic of the melody revealed to me the stranger in all her loveliness.

如果不先有那调子的话，我不知道接下来，诗会写成什么样子；但是这曲调的魅力，向我显示了那异乡人的千媚万态。

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