Meeting at Night

夜晚来相会

BY ROBERT BROWNING

作者/罗伯特·勃朗宁（英国）

I

The grey sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

II

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

灰莽的海，黑长的岸；

金色的半月大而低；

微波从沉睡中惊起，

火一般地翻腾起阵阵涟漪，

当我驾船迅速驶向海湾，

船却戛然扎进泥潭。

而后是一英里海香暖人的沙滩；

穿过三块田地才...