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 W6 ?7 ]5 F7 [6 S2 i1 K2 h* b7 f- ]　　Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
" ^. V3 }: M2 w! Y4 T　　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."
- J: ]1 Z3 e; S2 |! {2 S( m2 W　　他拉着我的手，说道：“我要用权力来雇用你。”
: y! E; {3 A, i3 N　　But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
  E( i, g3 m* g: i( m' u* n　　但是他的权力算不了什么，他坐着马车走了。
6 }5 U. Y) l( k' J, n  T　　In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
, e1 `2 G- L! R  I5 c2 S　　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.
( z# u6 T0 m: U) J5 {, B7 h4 b2 ?　　一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
4 L! c+ F. \" q# [9 O% o, Z3 C5 O　　He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
* U# y& [- u% X& N- g! P* ~# H- ?　　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.
. M% r5 h+ p& T　　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.
% @3 W- Q+ B3 K7 V6 u2 V4 K' u　　黄昏了，花园的篱上满开着花。
  m- j8 A, W8 u) R# Y; u' x: N　　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.
( ~/ l7 E' O2 a9 ]　　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.
5 T9 l( q# y% V8 v  B& C1 J　　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。
5 t* D& U/ Q! ~/ g) Y7 P! ?7 E　　He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
8 K# K( N8 l- g/ ]+ D- D3 j5 J　　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。
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