nǐ yào zhī dào lǎo de fù rén yǒu shí hòu xǐ huān hē bēi pú táo jiǔ 。 |
你要知道老的妇人有时候喜欢喝杯葡萄酒。 |
| You must know that sometimes old women like a glass of wine. |
yī cì , yī gè xǐ huān hē jiǔ de lǎo fù rén fā xiàn yǒu yī gè jiǔ píng tǎng zài lù zhōng jiān 。 |
一次,一个喜欢喝酒的老妇人发现有一个酒瓶躺在路中间。 |
| One of this sort once found a Wine-jar lying in the road, |
tā pò qiè de zǒu shàng qù xī wàng jiǔ píng shì mǎn de 。 |
她迫切的走上去希望酒瓶是满的。 |
| And eagerly went up to it hoping to find it full. |
dàn shì , dāng tā ná qǐ lái shí , fā xiàn lǐ miàn de jiǔ dōu bèi hē guāng le 。 |
但是,当她拿起来时,发现里面的酒都被喝光了。 |
| But when she took it up she found that all the wine had been drunk out of it. |
dàn tā réng rán ná zhe jiǔ píng , zài píng kǒu xī le yī kǒu cháng qì , |
但她仍然拿着酒瓶,在瓶口吸了一口长气, |
| Still she took a long sniff at the mouth of the Jar. |
tā hǎn jiào dào : “ wǒ men de jì yì zǒng shì tíng liú zài nà xiē lìng wǒ men gāo xìng de dōng xī shàng ” 。 |
她喊叫到:“我们的记忆总是停留在那些令我们高兴的东西上”。 |
| "Ah," she cried, "What memories cling 'round the instruments of our pleasure." |
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