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LESSON 33 The well of St.Keyne
第三十三课 圣凯恩斯井
A Well there is in the west country,
西南部有一口井，
And a clearer one never was seen;
井水清澈天下第一；
There is not a wife in the west country
那里没有一个妇人，
But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne.
但是却有圣凯恩斯井的传说。
An oak and an elm tree stand beside,
井边有一颗橡树和榆树，
And behind does an ash tree grow;
井后有一颗白蜡树；
And a willow from the bank above
河岸上游有柳树
Droops to the water below.
柳枝垂到水中。
A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne,
圣凯恩斯井来了一位游客，
Joyfully he drew nigh;
他喜不自胜；
For from cock-crow he had been travelling,
因为他一大早就上路，
And there was not a cloud in the sky.
天气却异常炎热。
He drank of the water so cool and clear,
他喝了这清澈凉爽的井水，
For hot and thirty was he;
因为他又热又渴；
And he sat down upon the bank,
他坐在井边
Under the willow tree.
柳树下。
There came a man from the neighbouring town,
邻近镇上来了一个人，
At the Well to fill his pail;
提着水桶来井边打水；
By the well-side he rested it,
他坐在井边，
And he bade the stranger hail.
像过路的陌生人打招呼。
"Now, art thou a bachelor, stranger?" quoth he,
“你还是单身，对吗？”他说，
"For an if thou hast a wife,
“因为如果你有妻子，
The happiest draught thou hast drunk this day
你今天喝了这里的水
That ever thou didst in thy life.
应该是你一生中最幸福的时刻。”
"Or has thy good woman, if one thou hast,
“曾有过一个对你好的女人，
Ever here in Cornwall been?
来过康沃尔吗？
For an if she have I'll venture my life
如果她来过，我可以用生命打赌
She has drunk of the Well of St. Keyne."
她肯定会喝上一口生凯恩斯井水。“
"I have left a good woman who never was here,"
“我离开了一个好女人，她也从未到过这里，”
The stranger he made reply;
路人答话；
"But that my draught should be better for that,
但是我喝了井水感觉比那还好，
I pray you answer me why."
你能告诉我为什么吗？“
"St Keyne," quoth the Cornishman, "many a time
“圣凯恩斯，”他说道，“很多次
Drank of this crystal Well;
喝过这里的水；
And before the angel summoned her
在天使将她召唤走时
She laid on the water a spell;—
她在井水下了一道符咒；——
"If the husband, of this gifted Well
“如果丈夫在妻子面前
Shall drink before his wife,
喝了这里的井水，
A happy man henceforth is he,
他从此以后就会很幸福，
For he shall be master for life.
因为他变成生活的主人。
"But if the wife should drink of it first,
“但是如果是妻子先喝，
Woe be to the husband then!"—
这对丈夫来说就是一个灾难！“——
The stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyne,
路人弯下腰，
And drank of the water again.
又喝了几口井水。
"You drank of the Well, I warrant, betimes,"
“你之前保证喝过这里的水，“
He to the Cornishman said;
路人对这个康沃尔郡人说；
But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake,
但是康沃尔郡人只是一笑，
And sheepishly shook his head.
羞怯地摇了摇头。
"I hastened as soon as the wedding was done,
“婚礼一结束
And left my wife in the porch;
我就急忙离开妻子出门来到这；
But in truth she had been wiser than I,
但是我的妻子比我还聪明，
For she took a bottle to church!"
她带了一瓶井水去教堂！“
