Wystan Hugh Auden
At Dirty Dick's and Sloppy Joe's
We drank our liquor straight
Some went upstairs with Margery
And some
alas
with Kate;
And o by o like cat and mouse
The homeless played at keeping house.
There Wealthy Meg
the Sailor's Friend
And Marion
cow-eyed
Opened their arms to me but I
Refused to step inside;
I was not looking for a cage
In which to mope my old age.
The nightingales are sobbing in
The orchards of our mothers
And hearts that we broke long ago
Have long been breaking others;
Tears are round
the sea is deep:
Roll them overboard and sleep.
船長水手之歌
威斯坦·休·奧登
喬的鋪子邋遢，狄克的小店骯臟，
我們喝酒不挑地方；
挽著瑪吉，摟著凱蒂，
大家上樓結對成雙；
又像饞貓，又像老鼠，
流浪漢把家的滋味品嘗。
水手之友，闊氣的梅格，
眼睛大大，瑪蓮姑娘，
我拒絕走進她們的房間，
盡管她們向我張開臂膀；
我不想去尋找囚籠，
我不願老來呆坐那個牢房。
母親們果園中的夜鶯，
壹只只全都哀哀歌唱；
我們的心早已破碎，
還總讓別人痛斷肝腸；
淚珠滾圓，大海深邃，
淚灑水中，進入夢鄉。