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Jiří Orten ELEGY 编辑历史

2周前 李大侠 更改了

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译者 [ ~~Václav Z J Pinkava~~ ⟹瓦茨拉夫·平卡瓦]

4个月前 李大侠 添加了初始版本

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2		2	There was a ferryman. In bridgeless territory
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5	There was a ferryman.
6	In bridgeless territory
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8	he ferried pilgrims to a way-too-far shore verge.	3	he ferried pilgrims to a way-too-far shore verge.
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10	He had a hut, a strong boat: I grow, was his story,	4	He had a hut, a strong boat: I grow, was his story,
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12	when in the flow my hands oars-clenching I submerge.	5	when in the flow my hands oars-clenching I submerge.
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14	What did they know of him, those one-way going!	6	What did they know of him, those one-way going!
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16	What did he know of them! What did the river know!	7	What did he know of them! What did the river know!
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18	Just that he was, they’d met him, briefly, rowing.	8	Just that he was, they’d met him, briefly, rowing.
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20	Just that they’d had to come, to float across and go.	9	Just that they’d had to come, to float across and go.
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24	And you went too. Thousands this way are passing.	11	And you went too. Thousands this way are passing.
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26	Don’t ask, just go to where the ferry takes.	12	Don’t ask, just go to where the ferry takes.
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28	Pay the fare. Don’t talk. Over the water crossing	13	Pay the fare. Don’t talk. Over the water crossing
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30	don’t seek the true face of your bygone aches.	14	don’t seek the true face of your bygone aches.
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32	Soon you’ll step out, the boat will turn, receding.	15	Soon you’ll step out, the boat will turn, receding.
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34	And you’ll go on, by all back there betrayed.	16	And you’ll go on, by all back there betrayed.
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36	Something’s ahead. Too late to die, unheeding.	17	Something’s ahead. Too late to die, unheeding.
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38	The scouts of the horizon portend approaching day.	18	The scouts of the horizon portend approaching day.