«Однажды ночью я увидел вечность…» Английские стихотворения XVI–XVII веков / I saw Eternity the other night…

Strange thing me seemed to see a beast so wild (странным: «странной вещью» мне показалось видеть зверя столь дикого; beast [bi:st] – зверь, животное)

So goodly won, with her own will beguiled (столь славно добытого, по его: «ее» собственной воле обманутого; goodly ['ɡʋdlɪ] – приятный; великолепный; хорошего качества; подходящий, удобный; to win – победить, выиграть; добиться, завоевать; won [wʌn]).

Like as a huntsman after weary chase,

Seeing the game from him escaped away,

Sits down to rest him in some shady place,

With panting hounds beguilГЁd of their prey:

So after long pursuit and vain assay,

When I all weary had the chase forsook,

The gentle deer returned the self-same way,

Thinking to quench her thirst at the next brook.

There she, beholding me with milder look,

Sought not to fly, but fearless still did bide,

Till I in hand her yet half trembling took,

And with her own good will her firmly tied.

Strange thing me seemed to see a beast so wild

So goodly won, with her own will beguiled.

«One day I wrote her name upon the strand…»

One day I wrote her name upon the strand (однажды я написал ее имя на побережье = на прибрежном песке; strand – /поэт.

But came the waves and washèd it away (но пришли волны и смыли его):

Again I wrote it with a second hand (снова я написал его, повторно: «второй рукой»; with a second hand = for a second time – во второй раз),

But came the tide, and made my pains his prey (но пришел прилив и сделал мои труды/старания своей добычей; pain – боль, pains – старания, труды; усилия: to take pains – прилагать усилия, стараться; pray = prey).