詩歌:Song Of The Master And Boatswain 船長水手之歌

Song Of The Master And Boatswain

Wystan Hugh Auden

At Dirty Dick's and Sloppy Joe's
We drank our liquor straight,
Some went upstairs with Margery,
And some, alas, with Kate;
And two by two like cat and mouse
The homeless played at keeping house.

There Wealthy Meg, the Sailor's Friend,
And Marion, cow-eyed,
Opened their arms to me but I
Refused to step inside;
I was not looking for a cage
In which to mope my old age.

The nightingales are sobbing in
The orchards of our mothers,
And hearts that we broke long ago
Have long been breaking others;
Tears are round, the sea is deep:
Roll them overboard and sleep.

船長水手之歌

威斯坦·休·奧登

喬的鋪子邋遢，狄克的小店骯髒，
我們喝酒不挑地方；
挽着瑪吉，摟着凱蒂，
大家上樓結對成雙；
又像饞貓，又像老鼠，
流浪漢把家的滋味品嚐。

水手之友，闊氣的梅格，
眼睛大大，瑪蓮姑娘，
我拒絕走進她們的房間，
儘管她們向我張開臂膀；
我不想去尋找囚籠，
我不願老來呆坐那個牢房。

母親們果園中的夜鶯，
一隻只全都哀哀歌唱；
我們的心早已破碎，
還總讓別人痛斷肝腸；
淚珠滾圓，大海深邃，
淚灑水中，進入夢鄉。