The Sea

(1)
The Sea! the Sea! the open Sea!        海��！海啊！遼闊的大海！
The blue, the fresh, the ever free!        碧藍(lán)，清新，永遠(yuǎn)地自由自在！
Without a mark, without a bound,         沒(méi)有標(biāo)志，沒(méi)有境界，
It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round;  它圍繞著大地；
It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies;  與云彩嬉戲，向蒼穹嘲弄；
Or like a cradled creature lies.        間或嬰兒似地靜躺在搖籃里。

(2)
I'm on the Sea! I'm on the Sea!     我在海上！我在海上！
I am where I would ever be;           這兒是我永遠(yuǎn)愿待的地方；
With the blue above, and the blue below,  上有藍(lán)藍(lán)的天，下有藍(lán)藍(lán)的海，
And silence wheresoe'er I go;              處處都是一片寂寞，
If a storm should come and awake the deep, 即使風(fēng)浪將來(lái)喚醒大海，
What matter? I shall ride and sleep.       有甚么關(guān)系？駕舟，就寢皆由我。

(3)

I love (oh! how I love) to ride        我樂(lè)于（��！我多么樂(lè)于）航行，
On the fierce foaming bursting tide,           在泡沫兇惡而崩裂的潮水上，
When every mad wave drowns the moon,   此時(shí)狂浪吞沒(méi)了月影，
Or whistles aloft his tempest tune,              嘯聲高奏著風(fēng)暴曲，
And tells how goes the world below,          傾訴底下的世界是何等模樣，
And why the south-west blasts do blow.    西南風(fēng)又為何而吹。

(4)

I never was on the dull tame shore   我從不留戀單調(diào)溫馴的海岸，
but I lov'd the great Sea more and more,  只是愈來(lái)愈沉迷于海上，
And backwards flew to her billowy breast,  像鳥(niǎo)兒尋找母巢一般，
Like a bird that seeketh its mother's nest;  忽忙地飛回那濤濤巨浪的懷抱；
And mother she was, and is to me;   對(duì)我而言她就是慈母；
For I was born on the open Sea!   因?yàn)槲疑�長(zhǎng)在海上！

[ by Bryan W. Procter, 1787-1874 ]