内容正文:
The Crescent Moon
The Sailor
The boat of the boatman Madhu is moored at the wharf of Rajgunj.
It is uselessly laden with③jute®,and has been lying there idle⑤for ever
so long.
If he would only lend me his boat,I should man her with a hundred oars,
and hoist sails,five or six or seven.
I should never steer her to stupid markets
I should sail the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland.
But,mother,you won't weep for me in a corner.
I am not going into the forest like Ramachandra to come back only after
fourteen years.
I shall become the prince of the story,and fill my boat with whatever I like.
I shall take my friend Ashu with me.We shall sail merrily across the seven
seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland.
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新月集
水手
①moor[mua]y使停泊,
船夫曼特胡的船只停泊在拉琪根琪码头。
系泊
②wharf[hw:0n.码头
这只船无用地装载着黄麻,无所事事地停泊在那里
③laden with装满的
已经好久了。
④jute[dgu:t)n.【植物】黄
麻
只要他肯把他的船借给我,我就给它安装一百只
⑤idle[aid训a.闲置的
桨,扬起五个或六个或七个布帆来。
⑥man[mxn]v【航海学】
我决不把它驾驶到愚蠢的市场上去。
为船的某部位配置水手
⑦hoist[hist)x升起,拉
我将航行遍仙人世界里的七个大海和十三条河道。
起
⑧steer[sti】y驾驶
但是,妈妈,你不要躲在角落里为我哭泣。
⑨Ramachandra(印〉罗摩
我不会像罗摩键陀罗1似的,到森林中去,一去
十四年才回来。
我将成为故事中的王子,把我的船装满了我所喜欢
的东西。
我将带我的朋友阿细和我做伴,我们要快快乐乐地
航行于仙人世界里的七个大海和十三条河道。
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罗摩健陀罗即罗摩。他是印度叙事诗《罗摩衍那》中的主角。为
了尊重父亲的诺言和维持弟兄间的友爱,他抛弃了继承王位的权利,
和妻子悉多在森林中被放逐了十四年。
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The Crescent Moon
We shall set sail in the early morning light.
When at noontide you are bathing at the pond,we shall be in the land of
a strange king.
We shall pass the ford of Tirpurni,and leave behind us the desert of
Tepantar.
When we come back it will be getting dark,and I shall tell you of all that
we have seen.
I shall cross the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland.
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新月集
我将在绝早的晨光里张帆航行。
①noontide['nu:ntaid].中
中午,你正在池塘里洗澡的时候,我们将在一个陌
午,正午
生的国王的国土上了。
②Tripurni(印》特浦尼
我们将经过特浦尼浅滩,把特潘塔沙漠抛落在我们
的后边。
当我们回来的时候,天色快黑了,我将告诉你我们
所见到的一切。
我将越过仙人世界里的七个大海和十三条河道。
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