双语·丛林故事 奇儿的歌
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Chil's Song
This is the song that Chil sang as the kites dropped down one after another to the river-bed, when the great fight was finished. Chil is good friend with everybody, but he is a cold-blooded kind of creature at heart, because he knows that almost everybody in the Jungle comes to him in the long-run.
These were my companions going forth by night—
(For Chil! Look you, for Chil!)
Now come I to whistle them the ending of the fight.
(Chil! Vanguards of Chil!)
Word they gave me overhead of quarry mnewly slain,
Word I gave them underfoot of buck upon the plain.
Here's an end of every trail—they shall not speak again!
They that called the hunting-cry—they that followed fast—
(For Chil! Look you, for Chil!)
They that bade the sambhur wheel, or pinned him as he passed—
(Chil! Vanguards of Chil!)
They that lagged behind the scent—they that ran before,
They that shunned the level horn—they that overbore.
Here's an end of every trail—they shall not follow more.
These were my companions. Pity 'twas they died!
(For Chil! Look you, for Chil!)
Now come I to comfort them that knew them in their pride.
(Chil! Vanguards of Chil!)
Tattered flank and sunken eye, open mouth and red,
Locked and lank and lone they lie, the dead upon their dead.
Here's an end of every trail—and here my hosts are fed.
奇儿的歌
下面是大战结束后，老鹰们一只接一只飞到河床上时，奇儿唱的歌。奇儿跟大伙儿都很要好，可是在心底里他却是一种冷血动物，因为他知道：归根结底丛林居民几乎都要到他这儿来报到。
这些都是夜里出来的我的伙伴——
（奇儿！注意，为了奇儿！）
现在我打个呼哨通知他们仗已打完。
（奇儿！奇儿的先头部队！）
他们曾给刚杀死的猎物头上的我捎话，
我曾给平原上雄鹿脚下的他们捎话。
条条道路在此结束——他们再也不会说话！
他们发出捕猎的呼叫——他们追得真快——
（奇儿！注意，为了奇儿！）
他们叫大鹿忽地打转，或者在他路过时把他围起来——
（奇儿！奇儿的先头部队！）
他们落在嗅迹后面——他们在前面奔跑。
他们避开直撞的角——他们把它压倒。
条条道路在此结束——他们再也不会追剿。
这些都是我的伙伴。可惜他们已经完蛋！
（奇儿！注意，为了奇儿！）
我，我们睥睨一切时的相识，现在特地赶来问安。
（奇儿！奇儿的先头部队！）
破烂的肚皮，深陷的眼睛，张开的嘴巴红惨惨，
他们一个个躺着，身子扭曲，又瘦又孤单，后来死尸堆成山。
条条道路在此结束——我的大军在这儿饱餐。
