Audiobook Dictation: “Between her steps and mine were…”

Between her steps and mine were not a hundred, When equally the margins gave a turn, In such a way, that to the East I faced.

Antara langkahnya dan langkahku belum sampai seratus, Ketika kedua tepi sama-sama berbelok, Sedemikian rupa sehingga aku menghadap ke Timur.

Nor even thus our way continued far Before the lady wholly turned herself Unto me, saying, "Brother, look and listen!"

Belum jauh pula jalan kami berlanjut Sebelum sang puan berbalik sepenuhnya Kepadaku, berkata, "Saudaraku, lihat dan dengarlah!"

And lo! a sudden lustre ran across On every side athwart the spacious forest, Such that it made me doubt if it were lightning.

Dan lihatlah! kilau mendadak melintas Di segala penjuru menembus hutan yang luas, Hingga aku ragu apakah itu kilat.

But since the lightning ceases as it comes, And that continuing brightened more and more, Within my thought I said, "What thing is this?"

Namun karena kilat lenyap secepat datangnya, Sedang cahaya itu terus bertahan dan makin benderang, Dalam pikiranku aku berkata, "Apakah gerangan ini?"

Underneath which had she devoutly stayed, I sooner should have tasted those delights Ineffable, and for a longer time.

Seandainya ia dengan khusyuk tetap tinggal di bawahnya, Lebih awal aku telah mengecap kenikmatan Tak terlukiskan itu, dan lebih lama pula.

O Virgins sacrosanct! if ever hunger, Vigils, or cold for you I have endured, The occasion spurs me their reward to claim!

Wahai para Perawan suci! jika pernah lapar, Berjaga, atau dingin kutanggung demi kalian, Saat ini mendesakku menuntut ganjarannya!

Now Helicon must needs pour forth for me, And with her choir Urania must assist me, To put in verse things difficult to think.

Kini Helikon harus mencurahkan ilhamnya bagiku, Dan Urania bersama paduan suaranya harus menolongku, Untuk menyajikan dalam syair hal-hal yang sulit dipikirkan.

But when I had approached so near to them The common object, which the sense deceives, Lost not by distance any of its marks,

Namun ketika aku telah mendekat begitu rupa kepada mereka Hingga benda umum itu, yang menipu indra, Tak lagi kehilangan satu pun cirinya karena jarak,

The faculty that lends discourse to reason Did apprehend that they were candlesticks, And in the voices of the song "Hosanna!"

Daya yang meminjamkan wacana kepada akal Memahami bahwa itu adalah kaki-kaki dian, Dan dalam suara nyanyian itu, "Hosana!"

Then back I turned my face to those high things, Which moved themselves towards us so sedately, They had been distanced by new-wedded brides.

Lalu kupalingkan kembali wajahku ke arah benda-benda agung itu, Yang bergerak ke arah kami begitu perlahan, Hingga pengantin baru pun akan mendahuluinya.