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
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。 He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
2 oar
n.桨，橹，划手；v.划行
参考例句：
The sailors oar slowly across the river.水手们慢慢地划过河去。 The blade of the oar was bitten off by a shark.浆叶被一条鲨鱼咬掉了。
3 onward
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adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先
参考例句：
The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。 He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
4 bellying
鼓出部；鼓鼓囊囊
参考例句：
5 mid
adj.中央的，中间的
参考例句：
Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考 试了。 He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
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6 slumber
n.睡眠，沉睡状态
参考例句：
All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。 Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。
7 rites
仪式，典礼( rite的名词复数 )
参考例句：
to administer the last rites to sb 给某人举行临终圣事 He is interested in mystic rites and ceremonies. 他对神秘的仪式感兴趣。
8 mead
n.蜂蜜酒
参考例句：
He gave me a cup of mead.他给我倒了杯蜂蜜酒。 He drank some mead at supper.晚饭时他喝了一些蜂蜜酒。
9 sterile
adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的
参考例句：
This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。 The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。
10 herds
兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众
参考例句：
Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。 There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
11 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
12 ointment
n.药膏，油膏，软膏
参考例句：
Your foot will feel better after the application of this ointment.敷用这药膏后，你的脚会感到舒服些。 This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.这种中草药膏会帮助你的伤口很快愈合。
13 Pluto
n.冥王星
参考例句：
Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。 Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。
14 toils
网
参考例句：
It did not declare him to be still in Mrs. Dorset's toils. 这并不表明他仍陷于多赛特夫人的情网。 The thief was caught in the toils of law. 这个贼陷入了法网。
15 outstripping
v.做得比…更好，（在赛跑等中）超过( outstrip的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Demand is outstripping supply. 需求快超过供给了。 Demand is outstripping current production. 现在需求逐渐超过了生产能力。 来自辞典例句
16 seamen
n.海员
参考例句：
Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。 In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。
17 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
18 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
参考例句：
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.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
19 Neptune
n.海王星
参考例句：
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun.海王星是离太阳最远的行星。 Neptune turned out to be a dynamic,stormy world.海王星原来是个有生气、多风暴的世界。
20 outwards
adj.外面的，公开的，向外的；adv.向外；n.外形
参考例句：
Does this door open inwards or outwards?这门朝里开还是朝外开？ In lapping up a fur,they always put the inner side outwards.卷毛皮时，他们总是让内层朝外。
21 bough
n.大树枝，主枝
参考例句：
I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。 Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。
《Ezra Pound - Canto I》添加时间：2024-12-14；更新时间：2025-03-09
