不久，闪电劈断了桅杆，船舵又给打断了，洋洋得意的海浪高高地翻卷着，俯视这艘遭难的破船，浪涛猛地落下来把船击成碎片。刻宇克斯使劲地抓着一块大板，大声呼喊父亲和岳父快来救援——可惜，毫无回音。但他呼唤最多的还是哈尔库俄涅的名字。他祈求上苍让波涛把他的尸体送回她那里，让她亲手埋葬他。终于，海浪吞没了他，他沉了下去。
In the meanwhile Halcyone，ignorant of all these shipwreck，counted the days till her husband’s promised return．For her husband，who was no more，she prayed incessantlyincessantly adv.不间断地．The goddess，at length，could not bear any longer to be pleaded with for one already dead，and to have hands raised to her altars that ought rather to be offering funeral rites．So，calling Iris，she said，“Iris，tell Somnus to send a vision to Halcyone，in the form of Ceyx，to make known to her the event．”
这时候，哈尔库俄涅对海难一无所知，一味计算着丈夫该归来的日子。她经常给所有的神祗烧香，尤其祭奉朱诺。她无休无止地为不在人间的丈夫祈祷。终于，朱诺女神不忍心再听她为离开人世的死者求情，不愿意看到本该操办葬礼的人手在她的圣坛前忙碌。于是她召来彩虹女神伊里斯，下令道：“伊里斯，快去叫索莫诺斯派个幻象去，化成刻宇克斯，给哈尔库俄涅显灵，让她知道事故真情。”
Thereupon Somnus sent one of his numerousnumerous adj.众多的，许多的，无数的sons，Morpheus—the most expert in counterfeiting forms of men，to perform the command of Iris．索莫诺斯马上就派遣了他众多儿子中最善于伪装男人的形象的一个——莫耳甫斯——去执行伊里斯的命令。
Morpheus soon came to the Haemonian city，where he assumed the form of Ceyx．Pale like a dead man，naked，he stood before the couch of the wretched wife．Leaning over the bed，tears streaming from his eyes，he said，“Do you recognize your Ceyx，unhappy wife？Your prayers，Halcyone，availed me nothing．I am dead．No more deceive yourself with vain hopes of my return．”
莫耳甫斯很快来到海摩尼亚城。他化成刻宇克斯。苍白得犹如死人，他赤身露体地站在可怜的妻子的床前。他俯下身子，泪如泉涌，说道，“不幸的妻子，你认出你的刻宇克斯了吗？哈尔库俄涅，你的祷告没有给我带来好处。我死了，不要再欺骗自己了，不要妄想我还会归来。”
Halcyone groaned and stretched out her arms in her sleep，striving to embrace his body，but grasping only the air，“Stay！”she cried．Her own voice awakened her．Staring up，she gazed eagerly around，to see if he was still present．When found him not，she smote her breast(breast n.胸部，乳房，胸怀，心情vt.以胸对着，对付)and tore at her cope．“Halcyone is no more，”she cried，“she perished with her Ceyx．He is shipwrecked and dead．”
哈尔库俄涅在睡梦中呻吟并伸出双臂，企图拥抱他的躯体，但扑了空。“别走！”她高声喊道。她自己的声音把她惊醒了。她跳起来，急切四顾寻找他的身影。她找不到他了，只好捶打胸部，撕扯长袍。她哭喊道：“哈尔库俄涅活不下去了。她跟刻宇克斯一起死去了。他的船失事了，他死了。”
It was now morning．She went to the seashore and sought the spot where she last him，on his departure(departure n.启程，出发，离开)．Looking out over the sea，she descries an indistinct object floating in the water．It is her husband！Stretching out her trembling hands towards it，she exclaims，“Oh，dearest husband，is it thus you return to me？”
此时天已大亮。她到海边寻找他出发时最后一次看见他的地方。她向海面望去发现水面上模模糊糊漂着一样东西。原来那是她的丈夫。她哆嗦地伸出双臂，高喊一声：“啊，最最亲爱的丈夫，难道你就是这样回到我的身边？”
She leaped upon the mole built out from the shore and she flew，striking the air with wings produced on the instant．As she flew，her throat poured forth sounds full of grief，and like the voice of one lamenting．When she touched the mute(mute n.哑巴，哑音字母，[律］拒不答辩的被告，弱音器adj.哑的，无声的，沉默的vt.减弱……的声音vi.排泄)and bloodless body，she enfolded its beloved limbs with her new formed wings and tried to give kisses with her horny beak．By the pitying gods both of them were changed into birds．
她纵身跃上海岸外侧的防波堤，她用当时瞬间长出来的翅膀拍着打空气飞了起来。她一边飞一边悲鸣，发出犹如哀哀哭泣的声音。她落在无声无息、生气全无的尸体上，用新长出的翅膀去亲吻他。众神怜悯他们，把他们俩变成了一对翠鸟。
