美国语文第五册 第180期:威廉-泰尔(5)

 　　The court, my lord? 法庭吗，老爷?

　　And send To tell the headsman to make ready. Quick! 派人通知法官做好准备，快去！

　　The slave shall die!  那奴隶很快将被处死！

　　You marked the boy? I did. He started; 't is his father. 你注意到那孩子表情吗？我确实看到，他感到吃惊；那家伙就是他父亲。

　　We shall see. Away with him! 我们来看看，把孩子给我带走！

　　Tell says: Stop! Stop! What would you? 泰尔说：慢着！慢着！你要做什么？

　　Time,—A little time to call my thoughts together! 给我点时间，让我想一下！

　　Thou shalt not have a minute. 你没有时间了。

　　Some one, then, to speak with. 我有话要说，

　　Hence with him! 把他带走！

　　A moment! Stop! Let me speak to the boy. 等会，停一下！我想和那孩子说句话。

　　Is he thy son? 他是你儿子？

　　And if  He were, art thou so lost to nature, as To send me forth¹ to die before his face? 如果他是我儿子，你们难道这么丧尽天良，让我在他的面前被处死？

　　Well! speak with him.  好！和那孩子说吧。

　　Now, Sarnem, mark them well. 萨勒姆，你可要把他们看好咯！

　　Tell says: Thou dost not know me, boy; and well for thee Thou dost not. 泰尔说：孩子，你不认识我，即使这样，没关系。

　　I'm the father of a son About thy age. 我的儿子和你差不多大，

　　Thou, I see, wast horn, like him, upon the hills:  我看着你，就像看他一样，你们都是大山的孩子。

　　If thou shouldst 'scape thy present thraldom², he May chance to cross thee; 如果万一你能逃出这里，他或许能遇见你；

　　if he should, I pray thee Relate to him what has been passing here, 如果你们能见面，我请求你告诉他这里发生的事情，

　　And say I laid my hand upon thy head, And said to thee, if he were here, as thou art, Thus would I bless him. 告诉他，我把手就是这样放到你的头顶，对你这样说话，如果他在这里，也会和你现在一样，因此，我真心地祝福你。

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 thraldom   

n.奴隶的身份，奴役，束缚

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