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LESSON 2 Casabianca
第二課 卡薩布蘭卡
The boy stood on the burning deck,
男孩站在灼熱地甲板上，
Whence all but he had fled;
除他之外所有人都逃走了；
The flame, that lit the battle's wreck,
點燃戰爭殘骸的火焰，
Shone round him—o'er the dead.
在他周身閃爍—還有死者。
Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
然而他英勇地矗立在那兒，
As born to rule the storm;
好像生來就要統治這場風暴一樣；
A creature of heroic blood,
這是英雄血統的產物，
A proud though child-like form!
以天真浪漫的方式展現出來的驕傲！
The flames rolled on—he would not go,
火焰席卷而來，
Without his father's word; —
但是沒有父親的命令，他不能離開。
That father, faint in death below,
那位父親，在下面昏死過去，
His voice no longer heard.
沒法發出聲音
He called aloud: "Say, father! Say
他大聲喊著：“說話啊，爸爸！
If yet my task is done?" —
我的任務是否已經完成？”
He knew not that the chieftain lay unconscious of his son.
他不知道這位首領已經毫無意識地躺下了。
"Speak, father!" once again he cried,
“說話啊，爸爸！”他再一次喊道，
"If I may yet be gone!
“我是否可以離開！”
And" —but the booming shots replied,
但是回應的卻是快速地射擊，
And fast the flames rolled on.
和飛速席卷而來的火焰。
Upon his brow he felt their breath,
他感覺到火焰的氣息燒到眉毛，
And in his waving hair,
和他飄揚的頭發里，
And looked from that lone post of death, In still, yet brave despair;
看向那些孤身戰死的人，陷入了無聲卻是勇敢的絕望之中；
And shouted but once more aloud,
再一次更大聲地喊道，
"My father! must I stay?"
“爸爸，我必須要留下嗎？”
While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud,
然而，大火通過船帆和橫桅索迅速向他襲來，
The wreathing fires made way: they wrapped the ship in splendour wild,
這些大火把船只包裹成一片光亮的荒地，
They caught the flag on high,
高舉著旗幟，
And streamed above the gallant child,
在這個英勇的男孩頭上飄揚，
Like banners in the sky.
像在天空中的旗幟一樣。
There came a burst of thunder sound, —
突然爆發出好似雷電的聲音，
The boy! —oh, where was he?
這個男孩！—啊，他在哪兒？
Ask of the winds, that far around with fragments strewed the sea, —
問問風，散向大海的碎片散布在海面上，
With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, that well had borne their part!
那些全都是負荷船只的部件，
But the noblest thing that perished there,
但是在那里摧毀地最高貴的東西，
Was that young faithful heart!
是這個年輕人忠實可靠的心靈！
—Mrs. Hemans
—海曼斯太太
