英文诗歌：The Sea

　　The Sea

　　(1)

　　The Sea! the Sea! the open Sea!海啊!海啊!辽阔的大海!

　　The blue， the fresh， the ever free!碧蓝，清新，永远地自由自在!

　　Without a mark， without a bound，没有标志，没有境界，

　　It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round;它围绕着大地;

　　It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies;与云彩嬉戏，向苍穹嘲弄;

　　Or like a cradled creature lies.间或婴儿似地静躺在摇篮里。

　　(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;这儿是我永远愿待的地方;

　　With the blue above， and the blue below，上有蓝蓝的天，下有蓝蓝的海，

　　And silence wheresoe'er I go;处处都是一片寂寞，

　　If a storm should come and awake the deep，即使风浪将来唤醒大海，

　　What matter? I shall ride and sleep.有甚么关系?驾舟，就寝皆由我。

　　(3)

　　I love (oh! how I love) to ride 我乐于(啊!我多么乐于)航行，

　　On the fierce foaming bursting tide，在泡沫凶恶而崩裂的潮水上，

　　When every mad wave drowns the moon，此时狂浪吞没了月影，

　　Or whistles aloft his tempest tune，啸声高奏着风暴曲，

　　And tells how goes the world below，倾诉底下的世界是何等模样，

　　And why the south-west blasts do blow.西南风又为何而吹。

　　(4)

　　I never was on the dull tame shore 我从不留恋单调温驯的海岸，

　　but I lov'd the great Sea more and more，只是愈来愈沉迷于海上，

　　And backwards flew to her billowy breast，像鸟儿寻找母巢一般，

　　Like a bird that seeketh its mother's nest;忽忙地飞回那涛涛巨浪的怀抱;

　　And mother she was， and is to me;对我而言她就是慈母;

　　For I was born on the open Sea!因为我生长在海上!

　　by Bryan W. Procter， 1787-1874