美国语文第六册 第177期:洛切尔的警告(3)

（单词翻译）

Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock!

对坎伯兰郡战马的欢迎令人震惊！

Let him dash his proud foam¹ like a wave on the rock!

让他打碎他骄傲的泡沫，就像岩石上的浪花！

But woe² to his kindred, and woe to his cause,

但是，苦难与他的亲戚还有他的事业相伴，

When Albin her claymore indignantly draws;

当阿尔宾愤怒地拔出她的双刃大砍刀；

When her bonneted³ chieftains to victory crowd,

当她那戴着花帽的首领冲着欢呼胜利的人群招手时，

Clanronald the dauntless, and Moray the proud,

无畏的同宗，骄傲的海鳗，

All plaided and plumed⁴ in their tartan array—

大家都在他们花格呢衣服上饰以羽毛。

—Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day!

——洛切尔，洛切尔，当心今天！

For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal,

因为我的眼前一片漆黑和绝望，

But man can not cover what God would reveal:

但是人无法掩盖上帝的旨意？

T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore⁵,

这是传授给我神秘学问的人生暮钟，

And coming events cast their shadows before.

纷繁世事都会在发生前有预兆。

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I tell thee, Culloden's dread⁶ echoes shall ring with the bloodhounds that bark for thy fugitive⁷ king.

我告诉你，卡洛丹那可怕的回音在冲逃跑的国王吼叫的猎犬的叫声中回荡。

Lo! anointed by heaven with the vials of wrath⁸,

看啊！上天愤怒地蘸了香油瓶来涂抹，

Behold⁹ where he flies on his desolate¹⁰ path!

眼见他飞落到荒凉的小径上！

Now, in darkness and billows, he sweeps from my sight:

此刻，在黑暗和巨浪中间，他逃出我的视线?

Rise, rise! ye wild tempests, and cover his flight!

快起来，快起来！漫天的暴风雨一齐朝他袭来！

Tis finished. Their thunders are hushed on the moors¹¹;

结束了。他们的雷电在荒野上变得寂寂无声；

Culloden is lost, and my country deplores¹².

卡洛丹失败了，我的国家举国悲叹。

But where is the ironbound prisoner? Where?

可是，那缚着铁链的囚徒今安在？今安在？

For the red eye of battle is shut in despair.

只为那战争的血红眼睛失望地合上了。