美国语文第六册 第128期:伍尔西大主教的垮台(4)

 I have told him What and how true thou art: he will advance thee; 我已经跟他说过，你的为人，你如何忠实，他会提拔你的。

Some little memory of me will stir him — I know his noble nature — not to let Thy hopeful service perish, too: 只要他能够想起我一点影子来——我清楚他天性高贵，不会让——你的希望和效忠的愿望也落空的；

good Cromwell, Neglect him not; make use now, and provide For thine own future safety. 好克伦威尔，切不可忽略他；要把握现在的时机，为你自己未来的安全做好准备。

O my lord, Must I, then, leave you? Must I needs forego So good, so noble, and so true a master? 我的大人，我必须走吗？难道我非得弃您这么一位善良、高贵和真实的主人而去吗？

Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord. 一切不是铁石心肠的人，请你们作证，我克伦威尔离开我的主人，心里有多难过。

The king shall have my service; but my prayers Forever and forever shall be yours. 我一定去效忠国王；但是我会永远为您祈祷。

Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries¹; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. 克伦威尔，但我本没打算流一滴眼泪，尽管我苦难深重，但是你这番言辞切切的表白却迫使我扮演起女人的角色了。

Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; 我们擦干眼泪吧，再听我说几句，克伦威尔；

And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; 等我被人遗忘时，等我安眠在没有感觉、冷冰冰的大理石棺材里，再也听不见人们提到我的时候，你可以对人说我曾开导你，

Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor, Found thee a way, out of his wreck², to rise in; 就说伍尔西经踩在光荣之路上，探查过荣誉的全部深渊和浅滩，从他的残骸里为你找到了一条通往上层的道路，

A sure and safe one, though thy master missed it. 一条稳妥安全的道路，尽管你的主人错过了这条道路。

Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. 你只管留意我是如何垮台的，是什么导致我毁灭的。

 

1 miseries   

n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人

参考例句：

• They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。