时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语美文


英语课

   By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept


  (1815)
  在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣
  by Lord Byron
  (1788-1824)
  1
  We sat down and wept by the waters
  Of Babel, and thought of the day
  When our foe 1, in the hue 2 of his slaughters 3,
  Made Salem's high places his prey 4;
  And ye, oh her desolate 5 daughters!
  Were scattered 6 all weeping away.
  2
  While sadly we gazed on the river
  Which rolled on in freedom below,
  They demanded the song; but, oh never
  That triumph the stranger shall know!
  May this right hand be withered 7 for ever,
  Ere it string our high harp 8 for the foe!
  3
  On the willow 9 that harp is suspended,
  Oh Salem! its sound should be free;
  And the hour when thy glories were
  ended
  But left me that token of thee:
  And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended
  With the voice of the spoiler by me!
  在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣
  一
  在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来
  悲痛地哭泣,我们想到那一天
  我们的敌人如何在屠杀叫喊中,
  焚毁了撒冷的高耸的神殿:
  而你们,呵,她凄凉的女儿!
  你们都号哭着四散逃散。
  二
  当我们忧郁地坐在河边
  看着脚下的河水自由地奔流,
  他们命令我们歌唱;呵,绝不!
  我们绝不在这事情上低头!
  宁可让这只右手永远枯瘦,
  但我们的圣琴绝不为异族弹奏!
  三
  我把那竖琴悬挂在柳梢头,
  噢,撒冷!它的歌声该是自由的;
  想到你的光荣丧尽的那一刻,
  却把你的这遗物留在我这里:
  呵,我绝不使它优美的音调
  和暴虐者的声音混在一起!
  查良铮 译

n.敌人,仇敌
  • He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
  • A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌,友是友,必须分清界限。
n.色度;色调;样子
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
v.屠杀,杀戮,屠宰( slaughter的第三人称单数 )
  • These vast slaughters have since become notorious. 此后,这些大规模的屠杀,就变成了很不光彩的新闻。 来自辞典例句
  • Remembered that despairs and hope that each other slaughters. 记得绝望和希望,彼此厮杀。 来自互联网
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
n.竖琴;天琴座
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
  • He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
n.柳树
  • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
  • The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
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