英语沙龙：Las Belle Dame Sans Merci

Las Belle¹ Dame² Sans Merci

O WHAT can ail³ thee, knight-at-arms, 

Alone and palely loitering? 

The sedge is witherd from the lake, 

And no birds sing.

O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, 

So haggard and so woe⁴-begone? 

The squirrels granary is full, 

And the harvest s done.

I see a lily on thy brow 

With anguish⁵ moist and fever dew; 

And on thy cheeks a fading rose 

Fast withereth too.

I met a lady in the meads, 

Full beautiful—a faerys child, 

Her hair was long, her foot was light, 

And her eyes were wild.

I made a garland for her head, 

And bracelets⁶ too, and fragrant⁷ zone; 

She lookd at me as she did love, 

And made sweet moan.

I set her on my pacing steed 

And nothing else saw all day long, 

For sideways would she lean, and sing 

A faerys song.

She found me roots of relish⁸ sweet, 

And honey wild and manna dew, 

And sure in language strange she said, 

"I love thee true!"

She took me to her elfin grot, 

And there she wept and sighd fill sore; 

And there I shut her wild, wild eyes 

With kisses four.

And there she lullèd me asleep, 

And there I dreamd—Ah! woe betide! 

The latest dream I ever dreamd 

On the cold hills side.

I saw pale kings and princes too, 

Pale warriors⁹, death-pale were they all; 

They cried—"La belle Dame sans Merci 

Hath thee in thrall¹⁰!"

I saw their starved lips in the gloam 

With horrid¹¹ warning gapèd wide, 

And I awoke and found me here, 

On the cold hills side.

And this is why I sojourn¹² here 

Alone and palely loitering, 

Though the sedge is witherd from the lake, 

And no birds sing.

1 belle   

n.靓女

参考例句：

• She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
• She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。

2 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

3 ail   

v.生病，折磨，苦恼

参考例句：

• It may provide answers to some of the problems that ail America.这一点可能解答困扰美国的某些问题。
• Seek your sauce where you get your ail.心痛还须心药治。

4 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

5 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

6 bracelets   

n.手镯，臂镯( bracelet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The lamplight struck a gleam from her bracelets. 她的手镯在灯光的照射下闪闪发亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst. 展出的有用玉石、琥珀和紫水晶做的耳环、项链和手镯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 fragrant   

adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的

参考例句：

• The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
• The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。

8 relish   

n.滋味，享受，爱好，调味品；vt.加调味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味

参考例句：

• I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

9 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

10 thrall   

n.奴隶；奴隶制

参考例句：

• He treats his wife like a thrall.他把妻子当作奴隶看待。
• He is not in thrall to the media.他不受制于媒体。

11 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

• I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
• The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。

12 sojourn   

v./n.旅居，寄居；逗留

参考例句：

• It would be cruel to begrudge your sojourn among flowers and fields.如果嫉妒你逗留在鲜花与田野之间，那将是太不近人情的。
• I am already feeling better for my sojourn here.我在此逗留期间，觉得体力日渐恢复。