And then went down to the ship,Set keel to breakers, forth1 on the godly sea, andWe set up mast and sail on that swart ship,Bore sheep aboard her, and our bodies alsoHeavy with weeping, and winds from sternwardBore us onward3 with bellying4 canvas,Crice's this craft, the trim-coifed goddess.Then sat we amidships, wind jamming the tiller,Thus with stretched sail, we went over sea till day's end.Sun to his slumber6, shadows o'er all the ocean,Came we then to the bounds of deepest water,To the Kimmerian lands, and peopled citiesCovered with close-webbed mist, unpierced everWith glitter of sun-raysNor with stars stretched, nor looking back from heavenSwartest night stretched over wreteched men there.The ocean flowing backward, came we then to the placeAforesaid by Circe.Here did they rites7, Perimedes and Eurylochus,And drawing sword from my hipI dug the ell-square pitkin;Poured we libations unto each the dead,First mead8 and then sweet wine, water mixed with white flourThen prayed I many a prayer to the sickly death's-heads;As set in Ithaca, sterile9 bulls of the bestFor sacrifice, heaping the pyre with goods,A sheep to Tiresias only, black and a bell-sheep.Dark blood flowed in the fosse,Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead, of bridesOf youths and of the old who had borne much;Souls stained with recent tears, girls tender,Men many, mauled with bronze lance heads,Battle spoil, bearing yet dreory arms,These many crowded about me; with shouting,Pallor upon me, cried to my men for more beasts;Slaughtered the herds10, sheep slain11 of bronze;Poured ointment12, cried to the gods,To Pluto13 the strong, and praised Proserpine;Unsheathed the narrow sword,I sat to keep off the impetuous impotent dead,Till I should hear Tiresias.But first Elpenor came, our friend Elpenor,Unburied, cast on the wide earth,Limbs that we left in the house of Circe,Unwept, unwrapped in the sepulchre, since toils14 urged other.Pitiful spirit. And I cried in hurried speech:"Elpenor, how art thou come to this dark coast?"Cam'st thou afoot, outstripping15 seamen16?"And he in heavy speech:"Ill fate and abundant wine. I slept in Crice's ingle."Going down the long ladder unguarded,"I fell against the buttress,"Shattered the nape-nerve, the soul sought Avernus."But thou, O King, I bid remember me, unwept, unburied,"Heap up mine arms, be tomb by sea-bord, and inscribed:"A man of no fortune, and with a name to come."And set my oar2 up, that I swung mid5 fellows."And Anticlea came, whom I beat off, and then Tiresias Theban,Holding his golden wand, knew me, and spoke17 first:"A second time? why? man of ill star,"Facing the sunless dead and this joyless region?"Stand from the fosse, leave me my bloody18 bever"For soothsay."And I stepped back,And he strong with the blood, said then: "Odysseus"Shalt return through spiteful Neptune19, over dark seas,"Lose all companions." Then Anticlea came.Lie quiet Divus. I mean, that is Andreas Divus,In officina Wecheli, 1538, out of Homer.And he sailed, by Sirens and thence outwards20 and awayAnd unto Crice.Venerandam,In the Cretan's phrase, with the golden crown, Aphrodite,Cypri munimenta sortita est, mirthful, oricalchi, with goldenGirdle and breat bands, thou with dark eyelidsBearing the golden bough21 of Argicidia. So that:
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1 forth
adv.向前；向外，往外
參考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.風吹得樹輕輕地來回搖晃。 He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快連續(xù)發(fā)表了一系列的作品。
2 oar
n.槳，櫓，劃手；v.劃行
參考例句：
The sailors oar slowly across the river.水手們慢慢地劃過河去。 The blade of the oar was bitten off by a shark.漿葉被一條鯊魚咬掉了。
3 onward
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adj.向前的，前進的；adv.向前，前進，在先
參考例句：
The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黃河以萬馬奔騰之勢滾滾向前。 He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟隨著先輩的足跡前進。
4 bellying
鼓出部；鼓鼓囊囊
參考例句：
5 mid
adj.中央的，中間的
參考例句：
Our mid-term exam is pending.我們就要期中考 試了。 He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年轉入教學工作。
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6 slumber
n.睡眠，沉睡狀態(tài)
參考例句：
All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅館里的人都已進入夢鄉(xiāng)。 Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他從睡眠中喚醒，因為他需要休息。
7 rites
儀式，典禮( rite的名詞復數(shù) )
參考例句：
to administer the last rites to sb 給某人舉行臨終圣事 He is interested in mystic rites and ceremonies. 他對神秘的儀式感興趣。
8 mead
n.蜂蜜酒
參考例句：
He gave me a cup of mead.他給我倒了杯蜂蜜酒。 He drank some mead at supper.晚飯時他喝了一些蜂蜜酒。
9 sterile
adj.不毛的，不孕的，無菌的，枯燥的，貧瘠的
參考例句：
This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.這個蓋子嚴實地蓋在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴無菌。 The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.農民們把不毛之地變成了高產田。
10 herds
獸群( herd的名詞復數(shù) )； 牧群； 人群； 群眾
參考例句：
Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他們就把牲畜趕到草場上去。 There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我們在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
11 slain
殺死，宰殺，殺戮( slay的過去分詞 )； (slay的過去分詞)
參考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在戰(zhàn)斗中犧牲了的戰(zhàn)士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的兒子被奸詐的阿繆利烏斯殺死了。
12 ointment
n.藥膏，油膏，軟膏
參考例句：
Your foot will feel better after the application of this ointment.敷用這藥膏后，你的腳會感到舒服些。 This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.這種中草藥膏會幫助你的傷口很快愈合。
13 Pluto
n.冥王星
參考例句：
Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是離太陽最遠的行星。 Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的軌道是橢圓形的。
14 toils
網
參考例句：
It did not declare him to be still in Mrs. Dorset's toils. 這并不表明他仍陷于多賽特夫人的情網。 The thief was caught in the toils of law. 這個賊陷入了法網。
15 outstripping
v.做得比…更好，（在賽跑等中）超過( outstrip的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
Demand is outstripping supply. 需求快超過供給了。 Demand is outstripping current production. 現(xiàn)在需求逐漸超過了生產能力。 來自辭典例句
16 seamen
n.海員
參考例句：
Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有經驗的海員會告訴你在這種天氣下的航行情況。 In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴風雨中，許多海員想，要是他們在陸地上就好了。
17 spoke
n.（車輪的）輻條；輪輻；破壞某人的計劃；阻撓某人的行動 v.講，談（speak的過去式）；說；演說；從某種觀點來說
參考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他們的輪輻螺帽是從我們公司獲得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.輻條是輪子上連接外圈與中心的條棒。
18 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；殘忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
參考例句：
He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。 He is a bloody fool.他是一個十足的笨蛋。
19 Neptune
n.海王星
參考例句：
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun.海王星是離太陽最遠的行星。 Neptune turned out to be a dynamic,stormy world.海王星原來是個有生氣、多風暴的世界。
20 outwards
adj.外面的，公開的，向外的；adv.向外；n.外形
參考例句：
Does this door open inwards or outwards?這門朝里開還是朝外開？ In lapping up a fur,they always put the inner side outwards.卷毛皮時，他們總是讓內層朝外。
21 bough
n.大樹枝，主枝
參考例句：
I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把釣魚竿靠在一棵松樹的大樹枝上。 Every bough was swinging in the wind.每條樹枝都在風里搖擺。
《Ezra Pound - Canto I》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
