歌詞部份 Text
[選自惠特曼 (WALT WHITMAN, 1819-1892) 於 1855 起年創作的聯篇詩集《草葉集》"Leaves of Grass" ，現在所用的版本及次序，乃根據 1900 [1897] 年版本而定。]

第一樂章 -- 一首為所有的海洋和所有的船隻的歌
1st movement -- A Song for all Seas, all Ships

(#245 Song of the Exposition)

(#245 展覽會之歌)

11 [8]
(section 3) [Section 5]
(Full Chorus)
Behold, the sea itself!
And on its limitless, heaving breast, the(1) ships;
See! where their white sails, bellying in the wind, speckle the green and blue!
See! the(2) steamers coming and going, steaming in or out of port!
See, dusky and undulating, the long pennants of smoke!
Behold, the sea itself,
And on its limitless heaving breast, the ships.

11 [8]
(第三段) [第五段]
(合唱團)
看哪，大海自己，
以及它那無邊的、起伏著胸脯上的船隻；
看，那迎風鼓脹的白帆點綴著碧藍與翠綠之處，
看，那些來來往往、在港口駛進駛出的輪船，
看，那些像三角旗一般在悠悠飄盪的黝黑的煙霧。
　　看哪，大海自己，
　　以及它那無邊的、起伏著胸脯上的船
　　隻；

(#255 Song for all seas, all ships)

(#255 為所有的海洋和所有的船隻的歌)

1
(Baritone Solo and Full Chorus)
Today a rude brief recitative,
Of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal;
Of unnamed heroes in the ships -- of waves spreading and spreading far as the eye can reach;
Of dashing spray, and the winds piping and blowing;
(repeated)
And out of these a chant, for the sailors of all nations,
Fitful, like a surge.

Of sea-captains young or old, and the mates -- and of all intrepid sailors;
Of the few, very choice, taciturn, whom fate can never surprise nor death dismay,
Picked(3) sparingly without noise by thee old ocean -- chosen by thee,
Thou sea, that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest the nations,
Suckled by thee, old husky nurse -- embodying thee!
Indomitable, untamed as thee. (4)

1
(男中音及合唱團)
今天唱一支粗陋而簡短的吟誦曲，
唱海上的船，每一隻都在自己旗幟和訊號下航行，
唱船上的無名好漢，－－唱那些向目所能及的遠方舖展的波浪，
唱那些激盪的浪花，和呼嘯著、吹響著的風，
　　(重覆)
從中編出一支給世界各國的水手的頌歌，
歌聲陣陣，如海潮洶湧。

唱年青或年老的船長，他們的伙伴，以及所有勇猛的海員，
唱那少數精幹而沉著的健者，他們從不為命運和死亡所震攝，
他們被你古老的海洋吝嗇地揀出，被你所挑選，
大海啊，及時地挑揀和選拔這一類人，把各個國家聯合在一起，
它們被你這老邁而沙啞的乳母所哺育，它們體現著你，
像你那樣粗野，那樣無畏。

2
(Soprano Solo and Full Chorus)
Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations!
Flaunt out, visible as ever, the various flags and(5) ship-signals!
But do you reserve especially for yourself, and for the soul of man, one flag above all the rest,
A spiritual woven signal, for all nations, emblem of man elate above death,
(Soprano Solo)
Token of all brave captains and of all intrepid sailors and mates,
(Full Chorus)
        (repeat)
And of(6) all that went down doing their duty;
Reminiscent of them -- twined from all intrepid captains, young or old;
        ...emblem of man elate above death,
(Soprano, Baritone Soli and Full Chorus)
A pennant universal, subtly waving, all the(7) time, o'er all brave sailors,
All seas, all ships.
        ...one flag above all the rest,
                Behold, the sea itself,
                And on its limitless heaving breast,
                the ships;
                        o'er all brave sailors,
                        All seas, all ships.

2
(女高音及合唱團)
海啊！把你各個國家的旗幟飄展開來吧！
把各樣的訊號像以往那樣展開來吧！
但是你要特別為你自己和人類靈魂保持一面高於其他一切的旗幟，
一個為所有的民族織成的精神訊號，人類昂揚於死亡之上的的象徵，

(女高音)
一切勇敢的船長和無畏的水手與船員的標誌，
(合唱團)
　　(重覆)
一切為執行任務而沉沒者的見證，
為了緬懷他們而由所有年老和年青的船長編幟成的，
　　...人類昂揚於死亡之上的的象徵，
(女高音、男中音及合唱團)
一面宇宙性的三角旗，永遠輕盈地飄蕩著，在所有勇敢的水手們上空，
在所有的海洋、所有的船隻的上空。
　　...一面高於其他一切的旗幟，
　　　　看哪，大海自己，
　　　　以及它那無邊的、起伏著胸脯上
　　　　的船隻；
　　　　　　在所有勇敢的水手們上空，
　　　　　　在所有的海洋、所有的船隻
　　　　　　的上空。

第二樂章 -- 夜裏獨自在海灘上
2nd movement -- On the Beach at Night, alone

(#218 On the beach at night alone)

(#218 夜裏獨自在海灘上)

(Baritone solo and semi-chorus of altos)
On the beach at night alone,
As the old mother sways her to and fro, singing her husky song,
As I watch the bright stars shining -- I think a thought of the clef of the universes, and of the future.

(Baritone solo and semi-chorus)
A vast similitude interlocks all,(8)
All distances of space,(9) however wide,
All distances of time,(10)
All souls, all living bodies, though they be ever so different,(11)(12)
All nations,(13) all identities that have existed, or may exist,(14)
All lives and deaths, all of the past, present, future;
(Full Chorus)
This vast interlude spans them, and always has spanned(15),
and shall forever span them, and shall(16) compactly(17) hold, and enclose them.

(Baritone solo)
On the beach at night alone, at night alone......

(男中音獨唱及女中音小組合唱)
夜裏獨自在海灘上，
當老母親唱著沙啞的歌，一面來回地輕搖，
當我觀望著亮晶的星星，我想起宇宙和未來的音譜上的一個記號。

(男中音獨唱及小組合唱)
一種巨大的類似聯鎖著一切，
一切的空間距離，不計遠近，
一切的時間距離，
一切靈魂，一切活的軀體，儘管它們永遠是這樣不同，
一切民族，一切已經存在或可能存在的實體，
一切生命與死亡，所有過去的、現在的、未來的種種，
(全體合唱)
這種巨大的類似維繫著它們，並且始終在維繫著，
並且將永遠維繫它們，牢牢地掌握和包圍他們

(男中音獨唱)
　　夜裏獨自在海灘上，夜裏獨自...

第三樂章 -- 諧躍曲：浪花
3rd movement -- Scherzo: The Waves

(#265 After the Sea-Ship)

(#265 在海船後面)

(Full Chorus)
After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds;
After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,
Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,
Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship:
       After the sea-ship, after the whistling
       winds,
Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,
Waves, undulating waves -- liquid, uneven, emulous waves,
Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,
Where the great vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface;
Larger and smaller waves in the spread of the ocean yearnfully flowing;
The wake of the sea-ship, after she passes -- flashing and frolicsome, under the sun,
A motley procession with many a fleck of foam and many fragments,
       After the sea-ship, after the whistling
       winds,
       A motley procession with many a fleck of
       foam and many fragments,
                After the sea-ship, after the
                whistling winds,
                After the white-gray sails taut to
                their spars and ropes,
                Below, a myriad, myriad waves
                hastening, lifting up their necks,
Following the stately and rapid ship -- in the wake following.
        A motley procession with many a fleck
        of foam and many fragments,
        Following the stately and rapid ship, in
        the wake following.

(合唱團)
在海船後面，在呼嘯的陣風之後，
在緊拉著桁索的灰白色的帆篷之後，
下面是無數的波濤在淘湧，揚著頭，
不停地向船的航跡馳驟，

　　在海船後面，在呼嘯的陣風之後，

海浪沸騰著，喧囂著，歡快地窺視著，
起伏的浪濤，奔騰，參差而好勝的浪濤，
活潑地嘩笑著，划著弧線，奔向旋轉的激流，
那兒巨輪在行駛，搖晃著擠開海面，
大大小小的波浪在一片汪洋中如飢似渴地奔走，
海船經過後的航跡，在太陽下閃爍、嬉遊，
像一支駁雜的隊伍，帶著泡沫的班點和碎屑，

　　在海船後面，在呼嘯的陣風之後，
　　像一支駁雜的隊伍，帶著泡沫的班點
　　和碎屑，
　　　　在海船後面，在呼嘯的陣風之
　　　　後，
　　　　在緊拉著桁索的灰白色的帆篷之
　　　　後，
　　　　下面是無數的波濤在淘湧，揚著
　　　　頭，

跟隨著，沿著航跡跟隨在莊嚴而迅疾的海船之後。
　　像一支駁雜的隊伍，帶著泡沫的班點　　和碎屑，
　　跟隨著，沿著航跡跟隨在莊嚴而迅疾
　　的海船之後。

第四樂章 -- 探索者
4th movement -- The Explorers

(#183 -- Passage to India)

(#183 -- 航向印度)

6 [5]
(Sections 1-5)
(Full Chorus)
O vast Rondure, swimming in space!
Covered(18) all over with visible power and beauty!
Alternate light and day, and the teeming, spiritual darkness,
Unspeakable, high processions of sun and moon and countless stars, above;
Below, the manifold grass and waters,(19)
With inscrutable purpose -- some hidden, prophetic intention;
Now, first, it seems, my thought begins to span thee.

(Tenors and Basses)
Down from the gardens of Asia, descending, (20)
Adam and Eve appear, then their myriad progeny after them,
Wandering, yearning,(21) with restless explorations,
with questionings, baffled, formless, feverish -- with never-happy hearts,
with that sad incessant refrain,
(Semi-chorus of Sopranos and Altos)
"Wherefore unsatisfied soul? Whither(22) O mocking life?"

(Tenors and Basses)
Ah, who shall soothe these feverish children?
Who justify these restless explorations?
Who speak the secret of the impassive earth?(23)
(Semi-chorus of Sopranos and Altos)
"Wherefore unsatisfied soul? Whither O
mocking life?"

(Full Chorus)
Yet, soul, be sure the first intent remains -- and shall be carried out,
Perhaps even now the time has arrived.
After the seas are all crossed,(24)(25)
After the great captains(26) have accomplished(27) their work,
After the noble inventors,(28)
Finally shall come the poet worthy that name,
The true son of God shall come singing his songs.

6 [5]
(第一至五段)
(合唱團)
龐大的圓環喲，在空間游泳，
到處覆蓋著看得見的力和美，
日光和白天與那豐富的精神世界的黑暗相交替，
上面是太陽、月亮和無數星星的難以形容的高空隊列，
下面是多種多樣的青草、湖水，
出於不可理解的目的，某種隱藏的預言家的意向，
如今頭一次我的思想好像在開始把你估量。

(男聲合唱)
從亞細亞的花園裏光芒四射地下來，
亞當和夏娃出現了，後面跟著他們的無數的子孫，
漫遊著，熱望著，帶著永不安寧的探索，
帶著沮喪的、無定形的、狂熱的詢問，帶著永不愉快的心情，
帶著那悲傷而持續不斷的反覆吟詠，
(女聲小組)
　　不滿足的靈魂啊！你為了什麼？嘲弄的生命啊，你何所追求？

(男聲合唱)
啊！誰能使這些狂熱的孩子平靜呢？
誰來證明這些永不安寧的探索是正當的呢？
誰來說出這茫茫大地的奧秘呢？
(女聲小組)
　　不滿足的靈魂啊！你為了什麼？嘲弄的生命啊，你何所追求？

(合唱團)
可是靈魂，請務必讓最先的意圖保留，並且一定要實現，
也許此刻時機已到了眼前。
在所有的海洋都橫渡了之後，
在那些偉大的船長完成了他們的工程之後，
在那些傑出的發明家之後，
最後一定會出現無愧於自己稱號的詩人，
上帝的忠誠兒子一定會唱著自己的歌向我們走近。

11 [8] (Section 1) (Soprano solo and Baritone Solo) O we can wait no longer! We too take ship, O Soul, Joyous, we too launch out on trackless seas! Fearless, for unknown shores, on waves of ecstasy to sail, Amid the wafting winds, (thou pressing me to thee, I thee to me, O Soul), Caroling free, singing our song of God, Chanting our chant of pleasant exploration.	11 [8] (第一段) (女高音、男中音獨唱) 啊，我們已再也不能等待，我們也啟航呀，靈魂，我們也歡樂地駛入茫茫大海，駕著狂喜的波濤無畏地駛向陌生之地，在飄蕩的風中（靈魂喲，你緊抱著我，我緊抱著你，）自由地吟詠著，唱著我們讚美上帝的歌，唱著我們愉快的探險之歌。
(Section 4) O Soul, thou pleasest me -- I thee, Sailing these seas, or on the hills, or walking in the night, Thoughts, silent thoughts, of Time, and Space, and Death, like water flowing, Bear me, indeed, as though regions infinite, Whose air I breathe, whose ripples hear -- lave me all over, Bathe me, O God, in thee -- mounting to thee, I and my soul to range in range of thee.	(第四段) 靈魂喲，你使我高興，我叫你歡喜，無論是航行於這些大海或者在高山上，或者晚上醒著不睡，思索，關於時間、空間和死亡的默默的思索，有如流水，真的載著我像穿過無邊的領域，我呼吸它們的空氣，聽著它們蕩漾的水波，讓它們渾身洗浴我，在你的心裏洗浴啊，上帝，我向你升起，我和我的靈魂一層層進入你的領地。
(Section 5, lines 1-3) (Soprano, Baritone Soli and the Chorus) O thou transcendent! Nameless, the fibre and the breath! Light of the light -- shedding forth universes -- thou centre of them.	(第五段，第一至三行) (女高音、男中音獨唱及合唱團) 超凡的你啊，不知名的，素質和呼吸，光的光，流溢著宇宙萬象，作為它們的中心，
(Section 7) (Baritone Solo) Swiftly I shrivel at the thought of God, At Nature and its wonders, Time and Space and Death, But that I, turning, call to thee, O Soul, thou actual me And lo! thou gently masterest the orbs, Thou matest Time, smilest content at Death, And fillest, swellest full, the vastnesses of Space.	(第七段) (男中音獨唱) 我一想起上帝就自覺渺小，無可奈何，一想起自然和它的奇跡，時間、空間和死亡，我就只好轉而呼吁你，靈魂喲，你這實際的我，而且你瞧，你輕輕地支配著這個星球，你與時間匹配，對死亡滿意地微笑，並且滿滿地充塞著、增長著空間這無垠的寥廓。
(Section 8, lines 1-2) [Section 7, lines 1-2] (Chorus) Greater than stars or suns, Bounding, O Soul, thou journeyest forth;	(第八段，第一至二行) [第七段，第一至二行] (合唱團) 啊！靈魂！你大過星星和太陽！跳躍著出外旅行；

13 [9] (section 3, line 2-3) [Section 5, lines 2-3] (Soprano, Baritone Soli and the Chorus) Away, O Soul! hoist instantly the anchor! Cut the hawsers -- haul out -- shake out every sail!	13 [9] (第三段，第二至三行) [第五段，第二至三行] (女高音，男中音及合唱團) 走吧！靈魂！趕快起錨！把粗繩砍斷－－拉出來－－抖開每一張風帆！
(Section 4) [Section 6] (Chorus) Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only! (add later: Soprano solo and Baritone Solo) Reckless, O Soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me; For we are bound, where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.	(第四段) [第六段] (合唱) 駛出去－－專門駛向深水區， (後加：女高音、男中音獨唱) 要無所顧慮，靈魂啊，向前探索，我同你、你同我靠在一起，因為我們的目的地是航海者還沒有敢去過的，而我們甘願冒險，不惜船隻和一切，連同我們自己。
(Section 5) [Section 7] (Soprano, Baritone Soli and the Chorus) O my brave Soul! O farther, farther sail! O darling joy, but safe! Are they not all the seas of God? O farther, farther, farther sail!	(第五段) [第七段] (女高音，男中音及合唱團) 我的勇敢靈魂喲！更遠更遠地航行吧！啊！大膽的歡樂，可是安全！難道它們不都是上帝的海面？啊！航行，航得更遠，更遠，更遠！

註譯：
(1) 原詩中採用 "thy"
(2) 原詩中採用 "thy"
(3) 原詩中採用 "pick 'd"
(4) 原詩中還附有下列段落:
(Ever the heroes, on water or on land, by ones or twos appearing,
Ever the stock preserv 'd, and never lost, though rare—enough for seed preserv 'd.)
(5) 原詩中沒有此字
(6) 原詩中沒有此字
(7) 原詩中沒有此字
(8) 原詩中還附有下列段落:
All spheres, grown, ungrown, small, large, suns, moons, planets, comets, asteroids,
All the substances of the same, and all that is spiritual upon the same,
(9) 原詩中採用 "place"
(10) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: —all inanimate forms,
(11) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: or in different worlds,
(12) 原詩中還附有下列段落:
All gaseous, watery, vegetable, mineral processes—the fishes, the brutes,
All men and women—me also;
(13) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages;
(14) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: on this globe, or any globe;
(15) 原詩中沒有此字
(16) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: forever span them,
(17) 原詩中前面加有 "and"
(18) 原詩中採用 "cover 'd"
(19) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: animals, mountains, trees;
(20) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: radiating,
(21) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: curious—
(22) 原詩中前面加有 "and"
(23) 原詩中還附有下列段落:
Who bind it to us? What is this separate Nature, so unnatural?
What is this Earth, to our affections? (unloving earth, without a throb to answer ours;
Cold earth, the place of graves.)
(24) 原詩中採用 "cross 'd"
(25) 原詩中還附有下列段落:
(as they seem already cross 'd,)
(26) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: and engineers
(27) 原詩中採用 "accomplish 'd"
(28) 原詩中還附有下列句子部份: —after the scientists, the chemist, the geologist, ethnologist,

第一樂章 -- 一首為所有的海洋和所有的船隻的歌 1st movement -- A Song for all Seas, all Ships

第二樂章 -- 夜裏獨自在海灘上 2nd movement -- On the Beach at Night, alone

第三樂章 -- 諧躍曲：浪花 3rd movement -- Scherzo: The Waves

第四樂章 -- 探索者 4th movement -- The Explorers

第一樂章 -- 一首為所有的海洋和所有的船隻的歌
1st movement -- A Song for all Seas, all Ships

第二樂章 -- 夜裏獨自在海灘上
2nd movement -- On the Beach at Night, alone

第三樂章 -- 諧躍曲：浪花
3rd movement -- Scherzo: The Waves

第四樂章 -- 探索者
4th movement -- The Explorers