Henry Constable - Diaphenia 汉译

Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly,

White as the sun, fair as the lily,

Heigh ho, how I do love thee!

  I do love thee as my lambs

  Are beloved of their dams;

How blest were I if thou would’st prove me.

  Diaphenia like the spreading roses,

  That in thy sweets all sweets encloses,

Fair sweet, how I do love thee!

  I do love thee as each flower

  Loves the sun’s life-giving power;

For dead, thy breath to life might move me.

  Diaphenia like to all things blessed

  When all thy praises are expressed,

Dear joy, how I do love thee!

  As the birds do love the spring,

  Or the bees their careful king:

Then in requite, sweet virgin, love me!