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.
2 ^" M% V% K3 Z% Q- U6 }　　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.
　　皇帝坐着马车，手里拿着剑走来。
1 j( p, y6 v  b5 o8 o　　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。”
  i9 c0 A6 w# k8 L7 J( |7 T* |* \　　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。
* M& A* C3 i! l- S' y# C1 a+ U6 a　　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。
% u: X* Y7 R1 {' Y0 D　　An old man came out with his bag of gold.
$ q7 u* f4 t- t$ a7 q3 F　　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。”
1 U( O4 m$ y7 w; G. n  Y4 \　　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。
　　It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
- m# U. Q. d$ Z/ `4 c: I　　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."
　　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.
) j/ J( N+ u/ O) ]2 h　　她的微笑黯淡了，化成泪容了，她孤寂地回身走进黑暗里去。
4 U3 q* v* Y# f8 R- B　　The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
　　太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
& i- h1 c7 \+ n( I& b' Q/ D　　A child sat playing with shells.
6 b  X6 e3 z7 T# z　　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."
1 _/ L3 W2 j# F5 N; _　　他抬起头来，好像认识我似的，说道：“我雇你不用什么东西。”
: e0 _* p( ]# T" ~  Y9 q! W　　From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
9 U% z  G  q* [6 C  H5 q　　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。