Paradise Lost

Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,

论人类最初的不服从，以及那禁果的滋味，它带来了死亡进入世界，以及我们所有的痛苦，失去了伊甸园，直到一个更伟大的人来恢复我们，并重新获得那幸福的座位，

Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos:

歌唱天上的缪斯，你在奥瑞布山或西奈山的秘密顶峰激发了那位牧羊人，他首先教导了被选中的后代，在开始时天地是如何从混沌中升起：