美国语文第六册 第126期:伍尔西大主教的垮台(2)
克伦威尔上，惊愕地站在那里。
Why, how now, Cromwell!
怎么了，克伦威尔?
Cromwell says: I have no power to speak, sir.
克伦威尔说道：先生，我简直没有说话的力气了。
What, amazed At my misfortunes? Can thy spirit wonder, A great man should decline?
怎么，被我的不幸吓呆了吗?你这样才智出众的人，见到伟大人物衰落至此也竟感到吃惊吗?
Nay, an you weep, I am fall'n indeed.
不，你要是哭的话，那我可就完了。
How does your grace?
大人觉得如何?
Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell.
很好，从来没有像现在这样好过，我的好克伦威尔。
I know myself now; and I fed within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
我现在真正了解自己了，内心的宁静超越了人间所有的尊荣，一种宁静安详的感觉。
The king has cured me, I humbly thank his grace;
国王把我医治好了，我衷心地感谢他;
and from these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of pity, taken A load would sink a navy,—too much honor:
他出于怜悯之心，从我这两个肩头，这两根坍塌了的柱石上，把一副重担卸下，我承受的荣誉太重了，会压沉一支舰队。
Oh, 't is a burthen, Cromwell, 't is a burthen, Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven!
那真是负担哪，克伦威尔，真是负担啊，对于一个向往天堂的人来说，是太沉重了。
I am glad your grace has made that right use of it.
我很高兴大人你能如此正确地对待这种负担。
I hope I have: I am able now, methinks, Out of a fortitude of soul I feel, To endure more miseries, and greater far, Than my weak-hearted enemies dare offer.
我希望我能做到;我觉得，由于灵魂坚强了，我现在似乎也能够忍受比我那些怯懦的敌人，敢于加在我身上的苦难更多更大的苦难。
What news abroad?
外边有什么消息吗?
The heaviest, and the worst, Is your displeasure with the king.
最痛心的、最坏的消息就是您失去国王恩宠的事情。
God bless him!
愿上帝保佑他吧!
