The Ancient Mariner
/ði ˌeɪnʃənt ˈmærɪnə(r)/
/ði ˌeɪnʃənt ˈmærɪnər/
(also The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
- a long poem (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In it an old sailor tells a wedding guest how he once shot an albatross (= a large sea bird considered lucky by sailors). His friends hung the bird around his neck as a punishment. They all died of thirst, and he was left alive to tell his story to anyone who would listen. The best-known lines from the poem are these: “Water, water, everywhereNor any drop to drink.”
塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治的一首长诗（1798）。影片中，一位老水手向一位婚礼嘉宾讲述了他曾经如何射杀信天翁（一种被水手视为幸运的大型海鸟）。他的朋友们把这只鸟挂在他的脖子上作为惩罚。他们都渴死了，而他却活着，向任何愿意听的人讲述他的故事。这首诗中最著名的诗句是：“水，水，无处不在，也没有一滴可以喝。”