On the seashore 在海滨

 　　On The SeashoreOn the seashore of endless worlds children meet.

　　The infinite sky is motionless overheadAnd the restless water is boisterous¹.

　　On the seashore of endless worldsThe children meet with shouts and dances.

　　They build their houses with sand,And they play with empty shells.

　　With withered² leaves they weaveTheir boats and smilingly float themOn the vast deep.

　　Children have their play on theSeashore of worlds.

　　They know not how to swim,They know not how to cast nets.

　　Pearl-fishers dive for pearls,Merchants sail in their ships,While children gather pebblesAnd scatter³ them again.

　　They seek not for hidden treasures,They know not how to cast nets.

　　The sea surges up with laughter,And pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach.

　　Death-dealing waves singMeaningless ballads⁴ to the children,Even like a mother while rocking her baby's cradle.

　　The sea plays with children,And pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach.

　　On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.

　　Tempest roams in the pathless sky,Ships are wrecked⁵ in the trackless water,Death is abroad and children play.

　　On the seashore of endless worlds is theGreat meeting of children.

　　Read by Yun Feng

1 boisterous   

adj.喧闹的，欢闹的

参考例句：

• I don't condescend to boisterous displays of it.我并不屈就于它热热闹闹的外表。
• The children tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play.孩子们经常是先静静地聚集在一起，不一会就开始吵吵嚷嚷戏耍开了。

2 withered   

adj. 枯萎的，干瘪的，（人身体的部分器官）因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
• The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。

3 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

4 ballads   

民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴

参考例句：

• She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
• She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。

5 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞