双语有声阅读：铜币

Brown Penny

I whispered, 'I am too young,'

And then, 'I am old enough';

Wherefore I threw a penny

To find out if I might love.

'Go and love, go and love, young man,

If the lady be young and fair.'

Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,

I am looped in the loops of her hair.

 

O love is the crooked¹ thing,

There is nobody wise enough

To find out all that is in it,

For he would be thinking of love

Till the stars had run away

And the shadows eaten the moon.

Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,

One cannot begin it too soon.

我低语说，我太年轻了

一转眼，我长大了

于是我掷一便士铜板

看看我能不能爱了

去爱吧，去爱吧，年轻人

若哪个女孩年轻又美丽

喔，一便士，一便士

我迷失在她卷曲的秀发中

喔，爱是个复杂的东西

谁也没有足够的智慧

能够窥尽他的全貌

他会满脑子都是爱

直到星辰逃离

阴星蚀去月光

喔，一便士，一便士

开始去爱，永远不嫌早

1 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。