Subject: ~{31K.I}#,31K.Bd~} ( The tide rises, the tide falls )

From: "~{MuO~7F~} XiaoFei Wang" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 03:32:18 -0500

THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS                 潮水升，潮水落

H. W. Longfellow                               朗费罗（杨德豫译）

THE tide rises, the tide falls,                潮水升了，潮水落了，
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;        天色已晚，鹬鸟啼鸣；
Along the sea-sands damp and brown             踏着暗黄的湿润海沙，
The traveller hastens to the town,             行人赶路，前往小城。
    And the tide rises, the tide falls.            潮水升，潮水落。

Darkness settles on the roofs and walls,       屋顶、墙垣都沉入黑暗里，
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;    黑暗里，大海呼号不息；
The little waves, with their soft, while hands,细浪用又软又白的手儿
Efface the footprints in the sands,            抹去沙上行人的脚迹。
    And the tide rises, the tide falls.            潮水升，潮水落。

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls 厩里的驿马跺蹄长嘶，
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;         天亮了，它听见马夫呼唤；
The day returns, but nevermore                 白天回来了，那位行人呢，
Returns the traveller to the shore,            他却永远不再回海岸。
    And the tide rises, the tide falls.            潮水升，潮水落。

The Poetical works of Longfellow           朗费罗诗选
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1975     人民文学出版社，北京，一九八五