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.
9 o/ h! n/ O6 V3 x" b$ I9 ]; F　　早晨，我在石铺的路上走时，我叫道：“谁来雇用我呀。”
　　Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
, _$ G- T" y) A　　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.
　　但是他的权力算不了什么，他坐着马车走了。
5 p  h, c+ m8 f9 d- B! d　　In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
) G7 T; |4 N) ]% G/ z3 l4 @/ `　　正午炎热的时候，家家户户的门都闭着。
% `6 a% ^& Y2 w0 q　　I wandered along the crooked lane.
3 ~( i0 N* I" U  @8 k　　我沿着屈曲的小巷走去。
: q+ u& m6 X! @) _* U6 t" J7 r7 i% B　　An old man came out with his bag of gold.
, ?9 ~' p% \6 N" H. T; r8 h　　一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
! `+ g1 z; `& D) z　　He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
% k% R# N8 e! |# v' o　　他斟酌了一下，说道：“我要用金钱来雇用你。”
　　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。
- L* f1 L! ~* L* s2 V  }7 o　　It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
/ g# ]  k# n/ G/ v, ^　　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."
  t1 |* ]4 g8 y  g. ]9 `8 N" D8 a" L　　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。
　　The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
4 u& m" K5 }) M0 W9 s　　太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
　　A child sat playing with shells.
　　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."
' J% B  j3 X+ P1 V0 b* y　　他抬起头来，好像认识我似的，说道：“我雇你不用什么东西。”
6 H6 p6 y4 Q, {+ I　　From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
0 n* X) o9 \- `% z% R5 x　　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。