I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
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我一定得再次出海，因為那奔騰潮水的呼籲
是那樣粗獷而清晰得叫人無法峻拒；

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I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife:
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我一定得再次出海，重做那流浪的吉普賽，
重回鷗鯨出沒、風吹如刀的大海：

彭鏡禧 夏燕生 譯