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LESSON 21 Fidelity
第二十一課 忠誠(chéng)
A barking sound the shepherd heers,
牧羊人希爾聽(tīng)到了一陣吠聲，
A cry as of a dog or fox;
那是一種像狗或是狐貍的悲泣；
He halts, and searches with his eye
他停止前進(jìn)，用眼睛逡巡著
Among the scattered rocks:
在散落的巖石之間：
And now at distance can discern
現(xiàn)在離看清前方還有一段距離
A stirring in a brake of fern;
他在一簇蕨類(lèi)植物面前剎住了車(chē)；
And instantly a dog is seen,
立即地，他在那里看到了一只狗，
Glancing through that covert green.
他在那深厚的綠色中觀察著。
The dog is not of mountain breed;
這只狗不屬于高山品種；
Its motions, too, are wild and shy;
它的動(dòng)作也是野性中帶著羞澀；
With something, as the shepherd thinks,
應(yīng)該是出了什么事，牧羊人這樣想著，
Unusual in its cry;
這不尋常的吠聲；
Nor is there any one in sight
這里沒(méi)有一個(gè)人
All round, in hollow or on height;
遍及四周，這是一個(gè)海拔較高的凹陷處；
Nor shout nor whistle strikes his ear—
剛才鉆入他耳朵的既不是大喊聲也不是口哨聲——
What is the creature doing here?
那是什么東西在這里干什么？
It was a cove, a huge recess,
這里是一個(gè)山洞，一個(gè)巨大的凹陷處，
That keeps, till June, December's snow;
這里還殘留著經(jīng)年的積雪；
A lofty precipice in front,
前面是一個(gè)懸崖，
A silent tarn below;
再下面是平靜且沉寂的湖；
Far in the bosom of Helvellyn,
在赫爾維林山深處的懷抱里，
Remote from public road or dwelling,
遠(yuǎn)離公路和居民區(qū)，
Pathway or cultivated land,
小道和耕地，
From trace of human foot or hand.
追溯著人類(lèi)的點(diǎn)滴痕跡。
Not free from boding thoughts, a while
好一會(huì)，預(yù)感到這些不是白來(lái)的
The shepherd stood; then made his way
牧羊人站著，然后前進(jìn)了
O'er rocks and stones, following the dog
穿過(guò)遍布的巖石和石頭，跟著這條狗前進(jìn)
As quickly as he may;
竭盡全力，快速前行；
Nor far had gone before he found
沒(méi)走多遠(yuǎn)，他發(fā)現(xiàn)
A human skeleton on the ground!
地上躺著一具人體的骨骼！
