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don juan-第22部分
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One of the two; according to your choice;
Woman or wine; you 'll have to undergo;
Both maladies are taxes on our joys:
But which to choose; I really hardly know;
And if I had to give a casting voice;
For both sides I could many reasons show;
And then decide; without great wrong to either;
It were much better to have both than neither。
Juan and Haidee gazed upon each other
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness;
Which mix'd all feelings; friend; child; lover; brother;
All that the best can mingle and express
When two pure hearts are pour'd in one another;
And love too much; and yet can not love less;
But almost sanctify the sweet excess
By the immortal wish and power to bless。
Mix'd in each other's arms; and heart in heart;
Why did they not then die?… they had lived too long
Should an hour e to bid them breathe apart;
Years could but bring them cruel things or wrong;
The world was not for them; nor the world's art
For beings passionate as Sappho's song;
Love was born with them; in them; so intense;
It was their very spirit… not a sense。
They should have lived together deep in woods;
Unseen as sings the nightingale; they were
Unfit to mix in these thick solitudes
Call'd social; haunts of Hate; and Vice; and Care:
How lonely every freeborn creature broods!
The sweetest song…birds nestle in a pair;
The eagle soars alone; the gull and crow
Flock o'er their carrion; just like men below。
Now pillow'd cheek to cheek; in loving sleep;
Haidee and Juan their siesta took;
A gentle slumber; but it was not deep;
For ever and anon a something shook
Juan; and shuddering o'er his frame would creep;
And Haidee's sweet lips murmur'd like a brook
A wordless music; and her face so fair
Stirr'd with her dream; as rose…leaves with the air。
Or as the stirring of a deep dear stream
Within an Alpine hollow; when the wind
Walks o'er it; was she shaken by the dream;
The mystical usurper of the mind…
O'erpowering us to be whate'er may seem
Good to the soul which we no more can bind;
Strange state of being! (for 't is still to be)
Senseless to feel; and with seal'd eyes to see。
She dream'd of being alone on the sea…shore;
Chain'd to a rock; she knew not how; but stir
She could not from the spot; and the loud roar
Grew; and each wave rose roughly; threatening her;
And o'er her upper lip they seem'd to pour;
Until she sobb'd for breath; and soon they were
Foaming o'er her lone head; so fierce and high…
Each broke to drown her; yet she could not die。
Anon… she was released; and then she stray'd
O'er the sharp shingles with her bleeding feet;
And stumbled almost every step she made;
And something roll'd before her in a sheet;
Which she must still pursue howe'er afraid:
'T was white and indistinct; nor stopp'd to meet
Her glance nor grasp; for still she gazed; and grasp'd;
And ran; but it escaped her as she clasp'd。
The dream changed:… in a cave she stood; its walls
Were hung with marble icicles; the work
Of ages on its water…fretted halls;
Where waves might wash; and seals might breed and lurk;
Her hair was dripping; and the very balls
Of her black eyes seem'd turn'd to tears; and mirk
The sharp rocks look'd below each drop they caught;
Which froze to marble as it fell;… she thought。
And wet; and cold; and lifeless at her feet;
Pale as the foam that froth'd on his dead brow;
Which she essay'd in vain to clear (how sweet
Were once her cares; how idle seem'd they now!);
Lay Juan; nor could aught renew the beat
Of his quench'd heart; and the sea dirges low
Rang in her sad ears like a mermaid's song;
And that brief dream appear'd a life too long。
And gazing on the dead; she thought his face
Faded; or alter'd into something new…
Like to her father's features; till each trace…
More like and like to Lambro's aspect grew…
With all his keen worn look and Grecian grace;
And starting; she awoke; and what to view?
Oh! Powers of Heaven! what dark eye meets she there?
'T is… 't is her father's… fix'd upon the pair!
Then shrieking; she arose; and shrieking fell;
With joy and sorrow; hope and fear; to see
Him whom she deem'd a habitant where dwell
The ocean…buried; risen from death; to be
Perchance the death of one she loved too well:
Dear as her father had been to Haidee;
It was a moment of that awful kind…
I have seen such… but must not call to mind。
Up Juan sprung to Haidee's bitter shriek;
And caught her falling; and from off the wall
Snatch'd down his sabre; in hot haste to wreak
Vengeance on him who was the cause of all:
Then Lambro; who till now forbore to speak;
Smiled scornfully; and said; 'Within my call;
A thousand scimitars await the word;
Put up; young man; put up your silly sword。'
And Haidee clung around him; 'Juan; 't is…
'T is Lambro… 't is my father! Kneel with me…
He will forgive us… yes… it must be… yes。
Oh! dearest father; in this agony
Of pleasure and of pain… even while I kiss
Thy garment's hem with transport; can it be
That doubt should mingle with my filial joy?
Deal with me as thou wilt; but spare this boy。'
High and inscrutable the old man stood;
Calm in his voice; and calm within his eye…
Not always signs with him of calmest mood:
He look'd upon her; but gave no reply;
Then turn'd to Juan; in whose cheek the blood
Oft came and went; as there resolved to die;
In arms; at least; he stood; in act to spring
On the first foe whom Lambro's call might bring。
'Young man; your sword;' so Lambro once more said:
Juan replied; 'Not while this arm is free。'
The old man's cheek grew pale; but not with dread;
And drawing from his belt a pistol; he
Replied; 'Your blood be then on your own head。'
Then look'd dose at the flint; as if to see
'T was fresh… for he had lately used the lock…
And next proceeded quietly to cock。
It has a strange quick jar upon the ear;
That cocking of a pistol; when you know
A moment more will bring the sight to bear
Upon your person; twelve yards off; or so;
A gentlemanly distance; not too near;
If you have got a former friend for foe;
But after being fired at once or twice;
The ear bees more Irish; and less nice。
Lambro presented; and one instant more
Had stopp'd this Canto; and Don Juan's breath;
When Haidee threw herself her boy before;
Stern as her sire: 'On me;' she cried; 'let death
Descend… the fault is mine; this fatal shore
He found… but sought not。 I have pledged my faith;
I love him… I will die with him: I knew
Your nature's firmness… know your daughter's too。'
A minute past; and she had been all tears;
And tenderness; and infancy; but now
She stood as one who champion'd human fears…
Pale; statue…like; and stern; she woo'd the blow;
And tall beyond her sex; and their peers;
She drew up to her height; as if to show
A fairer mark; and with a fix'd eye scann'd
Her father's face… but never stopp'd his hand。
He gazed on her; and she on him; 't was strange
How like they look'd! the expression was the same;
Serenely savage; with a little change
In the large dark eye's mutual…darted flame;
For she; too; was as one who could avenge;
If cause should be… a lioness; though tame。
Her father's blood before her father's face
Boil'd up; and proved her truly of his race。
I said they were alike; their features and
Their stature; differing but in sex and years;
Even to the delicacy of their hand
There was resemblance; such as true blood wears;
And now to see them; thus divided; stand
In fix'd ferocity; when joyous tears
And sweet sensations should have weled both;
Show what the passions are in their full growth。
The father paused a moment; then withdrew
His weapon; and replaced it; but stood still;
And looking on her; as to look her through;
'Not I;' he said; 'have sought this stranger's ill;
Not I have made this desolation: few
Would bear such outrage; and forbear to kill;
But I must do my duty… how thou hast
Done thine; the present vouches for the past。
'Let him disarm; or; by my father's head;
His own shall roll before you like a ball!'
He raised his whistle; as the word he said;
And blew; another answer'd to the call;
And rushing in disorderly; though led;
And arm'd from boot to turban; one and all;
Some twenty of his train came; rank on rank;
He gave the word;… 'Arrest or slay the Frank。'
Then; with a sudden movement; he withdrew
His daughter; while press'd within his clasp;
'Twixt her and Juan interposed the crew;
In vain she struggled in her father's grasp…
His arms were like a serpent's coil: then flew
Upon their prey; as darts an angry asp;
The file of pirates; save the foremost; who
Had fallen; with his right shoulder half cut through。
The second had his cheek laid open; but
The third; a wary; cool old sworder; took
The blows upon his cutlass; and then put
His own well in; so well; ere you could look;
His man was floor'd; and helpless at his foot;
With the blood running like a little brook
From two smart sabre gashes; deep and red…
One on the arm; the other on the head。
And then they bound him where he fell; and bore
Juan from the apartment: with a sign
Old Lambro bade them take him to the shore;
Where lay some ships which were to sail at nine。
They laid him in a boat; and plied the oar
Until they reach'd some galliots; placed in line;
On board of one of these; and under hatches;
They stow'd him; with strict orders to the watches。
The world is full of strange vicissitudes;
And here was one exceedingly unpleasant:
A gentleman so rich in the world's goods;
Handsome and young; enjoying all the present;
Just at the very time when he least broods
On such a thing is suddenly to sea sent;
Wounded and chain'd; so that he cannot move;
And all because a lady fell in love。
Here I must leave him; for I grow pathetic;
Moved by the Chinese nymph of tears; green tea!
Than whom Cassandra was not more prophetic;
For if my pure libations exceed three;
I feel my heart bee so sympathetic;
That I must have recourse to black Bohea:
'T is pity wine should be so deleterious;
For tea and coffee leave us much more serious;
Unless when qualified with thee; Cogniac!
Sweet Naiad of the Phlegethontic rill!
Ah! why the liver wilt thou thus attack;
And make; like other nymphs; thy lovers ill?
I wo
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