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LESSON 17 The pilgrim fathers
第十七課 清教徒前輩移民
The breaking waves dashed high on a stern and rock-bound coast,
海浪在船尾和布滿巖石的海岸上激起很高，
And the woods against a stormy sky their giant branches tossed,
樹木強壯的樹枝在暴風(fēng)雨天氣中搖擺，
And the heavy night hung dark the hills and waters o'er,
夜幕降臨到山上和水中，
When a band of exiles moored their bark on the wild New England shore.
這時一群流浪者在新英格蘭海岸上登陸。
Not as the conqueror comes, they, the true-hearted, came,—
他們不是征服者，他們是真誠的信徒——
Not with the roll of stirring drums, and the trumpet that sings of fame:
他們沒有攜帶行軍鼓，也沒有吹噓聲名的喇叭：
Not as the flying come, in silence and in fear,—
他們沒有蜂擁而來，而是安靜，帶著恐懼，——
They shook the depths of the desert's gloom with their hymns of lofty cheer.
他們用崇高的贊美詩，擺脫沙漠帶來的深深憂郁。
Amidst the storm they sang, and the stars heard and the sea!
他們在暴風(fēng)雨中歌唱，繁星聽到了海的聲音！
And the sounding aisles of the dim wood rang to the anthems of the free:
黯淡的樹木周圍響徹自由的旋律：
The ocean-eagle soared from his nest by the white waves' foam,
海鷹伴著白色的水泡從巢中直沖云霄，
And the rocking pines of the forest roared;—this was their welcome home!
搖擺的松樹林在咆哮；——這是他們在歡迎你們回家！
There were men with hoary hair amidst that pilgrim band;
在朝圣者的隊伍中有白發(fā)老者；
Why had they come to wither there, away from their childhood's land?
為什么他們要遠離生長的土地，來到那里？
There was woman's fearless eye, lit by her deep love's truth;
那里有被對真理的熱愛照亮的女人們無畏的目光；
There was manhood's brow, serenely high; and the fiery heart of youth.
有沉著地上挑的男人的眉毛；還有年輕的熾熱的心。
What sought they thus afar? bright jewels of the mine?
他們在遠處尋找什么？是礦場中發(fā)光的珠寶嗎？
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?—They sought a faith's pure shrine!
是大量的財富？是去搶奪戰(zhàn)利品？——他們找尋的是信仰的純凈殿堂！
Ay, call it holy ground, the soil where first they trod!
唉！叫它圣地吧，那是他們第一次踏上的土地！
They have left unstained what there they found,—freedom to worship God!
他們沒有玷污在那里找到的一切，——禮拜上帝的自由！
