The Irrawaddy is the main river in Myanmar.
伊洛瓦底江是缅甸的主要河流。
Merchants once traveled along the Irrawaddy, linking inland towns with the delta’s ports and shaping the region’s trade and culture.
过去商人沿伊洛瓦底江往来,把内陆城镇与三角洲港口连接起来,深刻影响了当地的贸易与文化。
Rudyard Kipling,《Mandalay》(诗歌):作品中提到“’Er the road to Mandalay…”,并出现对 Irrawaddy 的描写(常见引文为“the old Moulmein pagoda, lookin’ lazy at the sea… an’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ’crost the Bay!”等段落中涉及伊洛瓦底江意象的版本)。