Ralph Hodgson - The Gipsy Girl 汉译

“Come, try your skill, kind gentlemen,

A penny for three tries!”

Some threw and lost, some threw and won

A ten-a-penny prize.

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She was a tawny gipsy girl,

A girl of twenty years.

I liked her for the lumps of gold

That jingled from her ears;

I liked the flaring yellow scarf

Bound loose about her throat.

I liked her showy purple gown

And flashy velvet coat.

A man came up, too loose of tongue,

And said no good to her;

She did not blush as Saxons do,

Or turn upon the cur;

She fawned and whined “Sweet gentleman,

A penny for three tries!”

— But Oh, the den of wild things in

The darkness of her eyes!