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.
$ ?4 c  x( i% h　　早晨，我在石铺的路上走时，我叫道：“谁来雇用我呀。”
7 g0 X! E8 |0 C6 }/ q　　Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
$ q9 o6 j7 N! |　　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."
　　他拉着我的手，说道：“我要用权力来雇用你。”
　　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。
6 y2 Q4 E, z+ k) ~/ Q5 `; Y　　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。
5 Y5 G+ z$ h  K# A  V# }3 u　　I wandered along the crooked lane.
　　我沿着屈曲的小巷走去。
& B% h+ ~: U0 w6 w) q/ E9 f　　An old man came out with his bag of gold.
0 f( T9 k5 G; P0 a9 e: D+ [6 l　　一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
) N: A) }+ ]: \0 Z4 A* m　　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。”
　　He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
* d5 Y) V& V$ t$ Z) g; y　　他一个一个地数着他的钱，但我却转身离去了。
* }0 W7 ~* D5 [; T8 b　　It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
8 A6 B; Z. E1 K/ r* H) `　　黄昏了，花园的篱上满开着花。
4 s7 m/ V& Y* u7 x! v" z+ \% A# ~　　The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
# c" T( Y; K0 v　　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.
0 B5 G& U+ F& V. |0 Z* a% M　　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.
3 U0 q9 s3 {0 W" Z　　太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
/ V+ V* X. }7 q# P% g! M9 G4 f- a( L　　A child sat playing with shells.
, n$ V& ?7 j# w6 [+ p; Q　　一个小孩坐在那里玩贝壳。
( v1 ~" i. x' j0 A" `) ~& N　　He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
: c7 q& \: y: u$ }' F# U　　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.
; j5 O1 H# O* c/ X* f) R　　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。