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.
　　早晨，我在石铺的路上走时，我叫道：“谁来雇用我呀。”
: }6 X4 d6 R$ J7 z/ ]( u3 W: N4 f　　Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
, s8 r. u! z7 z: G0 D' M9 m　　皇帝坐着马车，手里拿着剑走来。
　　He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
　　他拉着我的手，说道：“我要用权力来雇用你。”
　　But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
5 q/ I2 R# ?# W8 ]　　但是他的权力算不了什么，他坐着马车走了。
2 y+ l6 e8 }6 K- a8 ?　　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.
　　我沿着屈曲的小巷走去。
　　An old man came out with his bag of gold.
0 s4 z; L" B6 x& i4 y3 ?　　一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
　　He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
　　他斟酌了一下，说道：“我要用金钱来雇用你。”
: {4 m  u* [; `/ C6 V6 s6 n" d4 q　　He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
* u1 d6 s$ I! Z& E( x　　他一个一个地数着他的钱，但我却转身离去了。
0 L" }9 s9 R6 y0 M) T" ~　　It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
+ M! z" W: s. [　　黄昏了，花园的篱上满开着花。
　　The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
+ g- T" ?3 ~/ `% }" q　　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.
; U$ L( K+ d' F9 r6 d5 F　　她的微笑黯淡了，化成泪容了，她孤寂地回身走进黑暗里去。
　　The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
7 Q% c& R" K7 N/ }. P　　太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
) e3 T" a* _7 w! d" Z　　A child sat playing with shells.
6 ]2 m3 H! Q, T% `5 c　　一个小孩坐在那里玩贝壳。
　　He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
) E* h0 r1 E8 {+ t1 _6 ]　　他抬起头来，好像认识我似的，说道：“我雇你不用什么东西。”
　　From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
　　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。