1·The rest were tars before the mast, and lived in the cabin.
其余的都是桅杆前的水手，住在船舱里。
2·Before the mast, like you!
在桅杆前面，就像你！
3·Before the mast like you!
在桅杆前面，就像你！
4·He sailed for two years before the mast.
他作为普通水手出海航行了两年。
5·John sailed for three years before the mast.
约翰作为普通水手在海上航行了三年。
6·And how did I begin? Before the mast like you!
而我是怎样开始干起的呢？在桅杆前面，就像你！
7·But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do.
但是现在我发现桅杆前的每个人知道的都比我多。
8·He could go away, as he had done so often, before the mast, on any ship bound anywhere.
他还可以像以前一贯那样，去当水手，无论上什么船、上什么地方都行。
9·I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains.
我不愿坐在房舱里，宁肯站在世界的桅杆前与甲板上，因为从那里我更能看清群峰中的皓月。
10·I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains.
我不愿自己成为一个坐在船舱的旅人，宁愿站在世界的桅杆和平台上，从那里，我能眺望一轮明月高挂于山峦之巅。