双语有声阅读：茫茫人海中

Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd  

Out of the rolling ocean the crowd a drop gently to me,

Whispering I love you, before long I die,

I have travel’d a long way merely to look on you to touch you,

For I could not die till I once look’d on you,

For I fear’d I might afterward¹ loss you.

 

Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe,

Return in peace to the ocean my love,

I too am part of that ocean my love, we are not so much separated,

Behold² the great rondure, the cohesion³ of all, how perfect!

But as for me, for you, the irresistible⁴ sea is to separate us,

As for an hour carrying us diverse, yet cannot carry us diverse forever ;

Be not impatient - a little space - know you I salute⁵ the air,

the ocean and the land,

Every day at sundown for your dear sake my love.

 

从茫茫人海里,一滴水珠向我轻轻走来，

她对我低语:我爱你,我不久就要死去，

我曾经奔波迢迢万里,只为寻你,亲近你，

因为我不见你我不死心，

因为我怕以后会失去了你。

 

现在我们已然相逢,相见,心愿已了，

我的爱,乖乖地回到大海去吧，

我的爱,我也是那沧海的一粟,我们相隔不算太远，

看那,这伟大的圆环,万物都在这里归于一 源,多么完美！

可是对我,对你,这不可抗拒的大海却分隔了我们，

使我们分离,也只是暂时分离,绝不能使我 们永远分离；

不要心焦只为这一点距离只要你心中知道,每天在黄昏日落之际，

为了你,我的爱,我会向天空,海洋和大地敬礼。

 

1 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

2 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

3 cohesion   

n.团结，凝结力

参考例句：

• I had to bring some cohesion into the company.我得使整个公司恢复凝聚力。
• The power of culture is deeply rooted in the vitality,creativity and cohesion of a nation. 文化的力量，深深熔铸在民族的生命力、创造力和凝聚力之中。

4 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。

5 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。