歌词
To hell with old age, to hell with senility, we are going on an epic journey.
It little profits that an idle king,
这太无所谓——当一个闲散的君主
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
安居家中，于这嶙峋的岛国
Matched with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
我与年老的妻子相依，颁布着
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
不公的法律，来治理野蛮的种族，
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
他们囤食、睡觉、吃饭，却不理解我。
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
我不能停歇我的跋涉：我决心
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed
饮尽生命之杯。我一生都在
Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those
体验巨大的痛苦、巨大的欢乐，
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
有时与爱我的狄伴一起，有时
Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
却独自一个；不论在岸上或海上，
Vexed the dim sea: I am become a name;
当带来雨季的毕宿星团催动，我已经变成这样一个名字
For always roaming with a hungry heart
由于我如饥似渴地漂泊不止，
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
我已见识了许多民族的城
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
及其风气、习俗、枢密院、政府，
Myself not least, but honoured of them all;
而我在他们之中最负盛名；
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
我和同僚们共饮战斗的欢欣，
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
在遥远而多风的特洛伊战场，
I am a part of all that I have met;
我自己是我全部经历的一部分；
Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
而全部的经历，也只是一座拱门，
Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades
尚未游历的世界在门外闪烁，
For ever and forever when I move.
而随着我一步一步的前进，它的边界也不断向后退让。
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
最单调最沉闷的是停留，是终止，
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!
是蒙尘生锈而不在使用中发亮！
As though to breathe were life. Life piled on life
难道说呼吸就能算是生活？
Were all too little, and of one to me
几次生命堆起来尚嫌太少
Little remains: but every hour is saved
何况我唯一的生命已余年无多。
From that eternal silence, something more,
唯有从永恒的沉寂之中抢救
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
每个小时，让每个小时带来一些新东西，带来一些新事物；
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
三年来我可耻地把自己封存和储藏起来，
And this grey spirit yearning in desire
可这班白的心灵却迫切地向往
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
去追随知识，像那西沉的星星，
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
到那人类思想极限以外的地方。
This is my son, mine own Telemachus,
这是我的儿子忒勒玛科斯，
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle—
我给他留下我的岛国和王杖，
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
他是我所爱的，他有胆有识，
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
能胜任这一工作；谨慎耐心地
A rugged people, and through soft degrees
教化粗野的民族，用温和的步骤
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
驯化他们，使他们善良而有用。
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
他是无可指责的，
Of common duties, decent not to fail
在我离去后他会担起重任，
In offices of tenderness, and pay
处理好那些需要谨慎应付的事务，
Meet adoration to my household gods,
并对我家的佑护神表示崇敬。
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.
他和我，将各做各的工作
There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
海港就在那边，船儿已经扬帆，
There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
大海沉沉，朦胧一片。我的水手们——
Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me—
与我同辛劳、同工作、同思想的人——
That ever with a frolic welcome took
他们总是高高兴兴去迎接
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
雷电和阳光，
Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old;
并用自由的心与头颅来抗争——
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
你们和我都已老了，但老年
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
仍有老年的荣誉、老年的辛劳；
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
死亡终结一切，但在终点前
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
我们还能做一番崇高的事业，使我们配称为与神斗争的人。
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
礁石上的灯标开始闪光了：
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
长昼将尽，月渐升空，
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
大海用无数声响在周围呻唤。来呀，朋友们，探寻更新的世界
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
现在尚为时不晚。
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
开船吧！坐成排，划破这喧哗的海浪，
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
我决心驶向
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
太阳沉没的彼方，超越
Of all the western stars, until I die.
西方星斗的浴场，至死方休。
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
也许深渊会把我们吞噬，
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
也许我们将到达琼岛乐土，
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
与老朋友阿喀琉斯会晤。
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
尽管抵达的已许多，但未知的亦不少，
We are not now that strength which in old days
虽然我们的力量已不如当初，
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
已远非昔日移天动地的雄姿，
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
但我们仍是我们，英雄的心
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
尽管被时间消磨，被命运削弱，
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
奋斗、探索、寻求，而不屈服。
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