Boating on the Reservoir[1] West of the City
Dark brows[2] and gleaming teeth are here on this towered barge[3],
Transverse[4] flutes and short pipes lend sadness to distant skies.
In spring breeze we let the ivory mast[5] move as it will,
through the drawn-out day we watch slowly the brocade cables pull.
Fish puff tiny waves that shake the singers’ fans,
swallows kick through wind-borne petals[6] that fall on dancing mats.
Had we not smaller boats to skillfully ply their oars,
how could we bring the hundred jugs of ale that flows like fountains?
单词释义
[1] reservoir [ˈrezəvwɑː(r)] n. 水库; 储液器;
[2] brow [braʊ] n. 额头; 山脊; 坡顶;
[3] barge [bɑːdʒ] n. 驳船;
[4] transverse [ˈtrænzvɜːs] adj. 横(向)的; 横断的; 横切的;
[5] mast [mɑːst] n. 桅杆; 船桅; 天线塔; 旗杆;
[6] petal [ˈpetl] n. 花瓣;