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...