满目凄凉 meaning in English

all one can see is grief -- full of grief everywhere

A rusty ironrod projected mournfully from one of the window ledges .
一个窗架上突出一根生锈的铁棒，真是满目凄凉。
But when the master himself came by me as i said just now , and said we should be all lost , i dreadfully frighted : i got up out of my cabbin , and look d out ; but such a dismal sight i never saw : the sea went mountains high , and broke upon us every three or four minutes : when i could look about , i could see nothing but distress round us : two ships that rid near us we found had cut their masts by the board , being deep loaden ; and our men cry d out , that a ship which rid about a mile a - head of us was foundered
我原以为死亡的痛苦已经过去，这次的风暴与上次一样也会过去。但我前面说过，当船长从我舱房边经过，并说我们都要完蛋了时，可把我吓坏了。我走出自己的舱房向外一看，只见满目凄凉这种惨景我以前从未见过：海上巨浪滔天，每隔三四分钟就向我们扑来。