经典诗歌赏析——最后的买卖 THE LAST BARGAIN(2)

最后的买卖 THE LAST BARGAIN


  A child sat playing with shells.
  一个小孩坐在那里玩贝壳。
  He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
  他抬起头来,好像认识我似的,说道:“我雇你不用什么东西。”
  From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
  从此以后,在这个小孩的游戏中做成的买卖,使我成了一个自由的人。