新月集 作者:泰戈尔
The Crescent Moon By Rabindranath Tagore 英文 中文 双语对照 双语交替 首页 目录 上一章 | |
40.THE LAST BARGAIN
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"COME and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking on the stone-paved road.
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Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
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He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
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But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
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In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
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I wandered along the crooked lane.
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An old man came out with his bag of gold.
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He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
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He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
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It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
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The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
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Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.
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The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
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A child sat playing with shells.
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He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
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From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
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(THE END)
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