美国语文第六册 第176期:洛切尔的警告(2)

（单词翻译）

Ha! laugh'st thou, Lochiel, my vision to scorn?

哈！你太可笑了，洛切尔，我的预言那么值得嘲笑？

Proud bird of the mountain thy plume¹ shall be torn!

你这高山之巅骄傲的鸟儿翅膀会被折断！

Say, rushed the bold eagle exultingly² forth³

再说，鲁莽的鹰兴高采烈地向前冲，

From his home in the dark-rolling clouds of the north?

从他在北方乌云漫卷的家？

Lo! the death shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode companionless, bearing destruction abroad;

瞧啊！敌人那速度奇快的死神之弹，没有同伴的伴随，他将毁灭置之度外，

But down let him stoop from his havoc⁴ on high!

但是，让他从上天的破坏弯腰屈从！

Ah! home let him speed, for the spoiler is nigh.

啊！让他跑回家园，因为破坏者已近在眼前。

Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast those embers, like stars from the firmament⁵ cast?

为什么远方的高峰烈焰腾腾？为什么将那些余烬射爆，就像苍穹陈列的星星？

T is the fire shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven from his eyrie that beacons⁶ the darkness of heaven,

这是废墟上的火浴，全都由他能照亮黑暗苍穹的鹰巢发动的，

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O crested⁷ Lochiel! the peerless in might,

啊，有冠毛的洛切尔！威力无敌，

Whose banners arise on the battlements' height,

谁的旗帜会挂在城垛的高处，

Heaven's fire is around thee, to blast and to burn;

天火就在你的四周，一阵爆炸后燃起；

Return to thy dwelling⁸! all lonely return!

回到你自己的鹰巢吧！孑然一身！

For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood,

因为灰烬的黑色会标出它站的地方，

And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.

狂暴的妈妈冲着她嗷嗷待哺的幼崽咆哮。

False wizard, avaunt! I have marshaled my clan⁹,

真是假术士，滚开！我统领我的人马。

Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms¹⁰ are one!

他们的剑有千万把，他们万众一心！

They are true to the last of their blood and their breath,

他们的血会流到最后，只要一息尚存。

And like reapers¹¹ descend¹² to the harvest of death.

就像收获死亡的收割机那样。