Song Of The Master And Boatswain

Wystan Hugh Auden

At Dirty Dick’s and Sloppy Joe’s

We drank our liquor straight,

Some went upstairs with Margery,

And some, alas, with Kate;

And two by two like cat and mouse

The homeless played at keeping house.

There Wealthy Meg, the Sailor’s Friend,

And Marion, cow-eyed,

Opened their arms to me but I

Refused to step inside;

I was not looking for a cage

In which to mope my old age.

The nightingales are sobbing in

The orchards of our mothers,

And hearts that we broke long ago

Have long been breaking others;

Tears are round, the sea is deep:

Roll them overboard and sleep.

船長水手之歌

威斯坦?休?奧登

喬的鋪子邋遢，狄克的小店骯臟，

我們喝酒不挑地方;

挽著瑪吉，摟著凱蒂，

大家上樓結對成雙;

又像饞貓，又像老鼠，

流浪漢把家的滋味品嘗。

水手之友，闊氣的梅格，

眼睛大大，瑪蓮姑娘，

我拒絕走進她們的房間，

盡管她們向我張開臂膀;

我不想去尋找囚籠，

我不愿老來呆坐那個牢房。

母親們果園中的夜鶯，

一只只全都哀哀歌唱;

我們的心早已破碎，

還總讓別人痛斷肝腸;

淚珠滾圓，大海深邃，

淚灑水中，進入夢鄉。