外国经典优美诗歌：最后的买卖

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　　"COME and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking on the stone-paved road.
" T! H6 S. y; d　　早晨，我在石铺的路上走时，我叫道：“谁来雇用我呀。”
2 T7 L! X- i# K8 |: ^* P　　Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
; v; F, c+ V# S# c+ q　　皇帝坐着马车，手里拿着剑走来。
" g/ X8 U' d5 f' Y5 p, I( S* r0 r　　He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
$ i- _" `( O. I$ i; G+ o$ B　　他拉着我的手，说道：“我要用权力来雇用你。”
1 {' m4 c; M+ O1 E) a! m, E　　But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
6 |) J- D) B+ N/ }8 A1 S- A9 o　　但是他的权力算不了什么，他坐着马车走了。
3 s5 l" f' q; U5 k7 m; Z　　In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
　　正午炎热的时候，家家户户的门都闭着。
　　I wandered along the crooked lane.
2 `6 r* w( Z+ J( h6 Z5 O$ z0 G　　我沿着屈曲的小巷走去。
2 N/ G5 P7 C7 W1 D9 r+ Z# \, z　　An old man came out with his bag of gold.
. I3 b( [0 m3 y+ V  u5 M6 ^: X1 s　　一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
　　He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
( {5 t/ K/ i+ H- x: W" R) t　　他斟酌了一下，说道：“我要用金钱来雇用你。”
# B2 J" f; e3 H　　He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
　　他一个一个地数着他的钱，但我却转身离去了。
1 J9 j2 C2 U% H! a　　It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
　　黄昏了，花园的篱上满开着花。
' |' I+ x+ M/ D  Q1 t4 W　　The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
　　美人走出来，说道：“我要用微笑来雇用你。”
　　Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.
　　她的微笑黯淡了，化成泪容了，她孤寂地回身走进黑暗里去。
( e  n5 C" I1 O! d　　The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
; z0 P/ f8 K' k: c" V4 H5 D+ o+ Z0 |　　太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
　　A child sat playing with shells.
6 {$ A2 n* E; J; T+ D7 J4 L　　一个小孩坐在那里玩贝壳。
, g  {& m5 Q8 F　　He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
; ?. j; k( `3 Y　　他抬起头来，好像认识我似的，说道：“我雇你不用什么东西。”
3 x& p& [4 h2 u5 }3 ?　　From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
4 I5 Y3 j5 o; h　　从此以后，在这个小孩的游戏中做成的买卖，使我成了一个自由的人。
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