歌词与中文翻译
September 24, we turned out early and set off with the determination to reach land that day.
9月24日，我们早早起床，带着当日到达平地的决心出发了
This time, too, we were not disappointed.
这一次也没有让我们失望
We pushed on fast, as the gradient was often tolerably steep and gave us much help.
陡峭的斜坡帮助我们加快了下降的进程
The wind was fair, too, the ice easy, and everything promising.
风和日丽，冰面平滑，这一切让接下来的路程充满了希望
Some way down a reconnaissance proved necessary, as the ice here got rather rougher.
从某方面来说，事先侦察地形还是有必要的，因为这里的冰面开始变得越来越崎岖不平
I went on in front and soon found myself upon the brow of an ice-slope which overlooked a beautiful mountain tarn,
我走到前面，很快发现自己在一个冰坡的山脊处，高耸于一个美丽的山中冰斗湖之上
the surface of which was covered with a sheet of ice.
而湖的表面被一层冰覆盖。
Beyond was a gorge through which a river from the tam ran downwards ,
远处是一条峡谷，穿过了来自冰斗湖的河流，往下延伸
while to the right the great glacier sloped evenly down to its end moraine,
在右边巨大的冰川缓缓倾斜向下直至它的底部
and would have formed the most magnificent coasting-hill imaginable,
倘若没有散布在表面的碎石的话
but for the stones that lay scattered over its surface.
它将是最为美丽壮观的冰岸山
Here was an easy descent for us, and no obstacles to separate us from our goal.
这是一次简单的下降，在终点和我们之间没有任何障碍阻隔
I soon had the whole party by me , and we stood enjoying the sight of, the land below.
很快我的小队都到齐了，大家站在这里俯瞰，享受着脚下这片美景
After I had taken a couple of photographs, we set Off down the last ice-slope.
我拍了几张照后，动身继续最后一段冰坡下降
It was steep it was steeper perhaps than any we had run down before，
这段冰坡很陡，比我们之前遇到的任何一段都要陡
and we had to use our brakes ;
以至于我们要用到我们的雪橇的刹车减速
but the sledges went gaily , and soon we were safe and well upon the frozen tarn below the glacier ,
但是雪橇依旧欢快的滑行着，没多久我们就安全抵达了位于冰川下的冰斗湖上
with the “ Inland ice ” for ever left behind.
而“格陵兰冰原”永远被留在了身后
We now pushed across the tarn towards the river on the Other side.
我们继续前行，穿过了冰斗湖，走向位于另一端的河流
The ice was not everywhere quite safe ,but by moving carefully we reached the rocks beyond without mishap,
不是每一处冰面都很安全，但我们非常小心翼翼地移动，免遭不幸发生
took of the “ crampons ” which we had been using the last few days,
拿着前几天一直在用的“冰爪”
and like schoolboys released, ran wildly about the shore.
我们像放学的孩子一样，疯狂的在海滨上奔跑
Words cannot describe what it was for us only to have the earth and stones again beneath our feet,
言语无法描述我们此刻的心情和这一切对我们的意义， 看起来只不过是陆地和石头再一次被我们踩在脚下
or the thrill that went through us as we felt the elastic heather on which we trod,
感受着脚底踩过柔韧的石南（植物）时内心泛起的兴奋涟漪
and smelt the fragrant scent Of grass and moss.
和再一次闻到草和泥沼的芳香
Behind us lay the “ Inland ice, ” its cold , grey slope sinking slowly towards the lake ;
在我们身后，是“格陵兰冰原”，它那冷峻，灰白的斜角缓缓下沉至湖中
before lay the genial land.
在触到脚下的这块宜人平原前，率先隐没消失于湖里。
Away down the valley we could see headland beyond headland,
沿着峡谷离开，我们可以开到远处的山外有山
covering and overlapping each Other as far as the eye could reach.
它们在目所能及的地方相互覆盖，重叠
Here lay our course ， the way down to the fjord.
这里沉睡着一条属于我们的航线，通往峡湾
I’ll return.
我将返回。