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Sand Dunes

 

沙丘

 

Sea waves are green and wet,

 

海浪是绿色的潮湿的

But up from where they die,

但在它们平息的处所，

Rise others vaster yet,

依然卷着更大的浪涛

And those are brown and dry.

而且是褐色的干燥的。

They are the sea made land　　

 

那是变成沙丘的海洋

To come at the fisher town,

涌进渔夫栖息的村镇，

And bury in solid sand

想用坚硬的沙子掩埋

The men she could not drown.

海水不能淹死的人们。

She may know cove and cape,　　

 

海或许了解自身远近

But she does not know mankind

但却藉由变化的规律，

If by any change of shape,

希望从自己的思想中

She hopes to cut off mind.

将这里的人永远抹去。

Men left her a ship to sink.　　

 

人们留给它一条小船

They can leave her a hut as well.

供它摇晃甚至去吞没；

And be but more free to think.

他们离开房屋将想着

For the one more cast-off shell.

如同抛弃无用的贝壳。