雙語賞析《新月集》第40期:最后的買賣 THE LAST BARGAIN
"COME and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking on the stone-paved road.
早晨，我在石鋪的路上走時，我叫道：“誰來雇用我呀。”
Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
皇帝坐著馬車，手里拿著劍走來。
He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
他拉著我的手，說道：“我要用權(quán)力來雇用你。”
But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
但是他的權(quán)力算不了什么，他坐著馬車走了。
In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
正午炎熱的時候，家家戶戶的門都閉著。
I wandered along the crooked lane.
我沿著屈曲的小巷走去。
An old man came out with his bag of gold.
一個老人帶著一袋金錢走出來。
He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
他斟酌了一下，說道：“我要用金錢來雇用你。”
He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
他一個一個地數(shù)著他的錢，但我卻轉(zhuǎn)身離去了。
It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
黃昏了，花園的籬上滿開著花。
The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
美人走出來，說道：“我要用微笑來雇用你。”
Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.
她的微笑黯淡了，化成淚容了，她孤寂地回身走進黑暗里去。
The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
太陽照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四濺。
A child sat playing with shells.
一個小孩坐在那里玩貝殼。
He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
他抬起頭來，好像認識我似的，說道：“我雇你不用什么東西。”
From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
從此以后，在這個小孩的游戲中做成的買賣，使我成了一個自由的人。
