英文短篇诗歌

【英文原文】

I like for you to be still:

it is as through you are absent

and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you It seems as through your eyes had flown away

and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth

as all things are filled with my soul

your emerge from the things, fill with my soul

you are like my soul, a butterfly of dreams

and you are like the word melancholy

I like for you to be still, and you seem far away

It sounds as though you are lamenting,

a butterfly cooing like a dove

And you hear me from far away,

and my voice does not reach you

Let me come to be still in your silence

And let me talk to you with your silence

That is bright like a lamp, simple as a ring

You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations Your silence is that of a star, as remount and candid

I like for you to be still: it is as though you are absent distant and dull of sorrow, as though you had died

One word then, one smile, is enough

And I m happy, happy that’s not true

我喜欢你是静静的：

仿佛你消失了一样你从远处聆听我，

我的声音却无法触及你好像你的目光已经游离而去如同一个吻，封缄了你的嘴

如同我积满一切的灵魂

而你从一切中出现，充盈了我的灵魂

你像我的灵魂，

像一只梦想的蝴蝶你如同“忧郁”这个词

我喜欢你是静静的：好像你已远去

你听起来想在悲叹，

一只如鸽般细语的蝴蝶你从远处聆听我，

我的声音却无法触及你

让我在你的静谧中安静无声

并且让我籍着你的沉默与你说话

你的沉默亮若明灯，简单如环

你如黑夜，拥有寂静与群星

你的沉默就是星星的力量，遥远而明亮

我喜欢你是静静的：仿佛你消失了一样远隔千里，

满怀哀恸，仿佛你已不在人世彼时，

一个字，一个微笑，就已足够

而我会感到幸福，但那样的幸福却不真实

Do it Better

The next time you find yourself complaining that something is broken or inconvenient or of low quality, go and do it better instead.

If you hate how slow the line at your local coffeeshop moves, go and start a coffeshop that does lines better.

If you think your boss is a terrible manager, get your own department or company or team and run it the right way.

If you’re appalled at the state of modern literature (“What are kids reading these days?”), write the kind of book that ought to be written. If you think pharmaceutical companies are corrupt, build one that isn’t.

“That’s impossible,” you say. “I can’t start a multi-billion-dollar company or write a bestseller or run a whole department!”

Why not? Someone else clearly did. What makes you think you can’t? Plus, if you’re right about the better coffeeshop or the better management or the better book, then the market and the world are desperately looking for someone like you.

“But I can’t do all of that!” you protest.

You’re right; you can’t fix everything. You might not even be able to do two or three things. But if the other choice is to become yet another armchair reformer who does nothing but complain, why not pick one and do something?

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【中文译文】

下一次，当你发现有不顺眼的，比如，什么什么是坏的，慢的，劣质的，不要抱怨，自行做得更好。

如果，你觉得你家附近咖啡店的流水线，实在太慢，那么不要迟疑，重开一家做得更好的店。

如果，你觉得你的老板是个很糟糕的管理者，自己开个公司或者成立自己的工作室吧。

如果，你质疑现在的媒体在做什么，在给小孩子们看些什么乱七八糟的东西，那么不要迟疑，自己动手给孩子们写一本书吧。

如果你觉得这些药物公司是在太腐败了，那么自己重新开一家吧。

“那是不可能的！”你一定会这么说，“我不可能成立一个几百万的公司，或者，写一本畅销书，或者经营一个部门！”

为什么不呢？！就是有些人做到了的！是什么让你觉得不能？如果你真的觉得咖啡厅，儿童读物等等让你觉得不满意，那么世界的市场就是在找你这样的人。“但是我肯定不可能完成所有这些！”你肯定会继续抱怨！

是的，你不可能改正一切，甚至这当中的两三事，但是，如果，改变历史，早就新的领导的原因不是抱怨，而是自己来，那么，为什么不选择一两件来做个尝试呢？

【英文原文】

If — Rudyard Kipling

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming

it on you;

IF you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for

their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors

just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make

a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em

up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of

pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about

your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long

after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says

to them:"Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of

distance run -

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

如果——拉迪亚德·吉卜林

如果周围的人毫无理性地向你发难，你仍能镇定自若保持冷静；

如果众人对你心存猜忌，你仍能自信如常并认为他们的猜忌情有可原；

如果你肯耐心等待不急不躁，

或遭人诽谤却不以牙还牙，

或遭人憎恨却不以恶报恶；

既不装腔作势，亦不气盛趾高；

如果你有梦想，而又不为梦主宰；

如果你有神思，而又不走火入魔；

如果你坦然面对胜利和灾难，对虚渺的胜负荣辱胸怀旷荡；

如果你能忍受有这样的无赖，歪曲你的口吐真言蒙骗笨汉，

或看着心血铸就的事业崩溃，仍能忍辱负重脚踏实地重新攀登；

如果你敢把取得的一切胜利，为了更崇高的目标孤注一掷，

面临失去，决心从头再来而绝口不提自己的损失；

如果人们早已离你而去，你仍能坚守阵地奋力前驱，

身上已一无所有，唯存意志在高喊“顶住”；

如果你跟平民交谈而不变谦虚之态，

亦或与王侯散步而不露谄媚之颜；

如果敌友都无法对你造成伤害；

如果众人对你信赖有加却不过分依赖；

如果你能惜时如金利用每一分钟不可追回的光阴；

那么，你的修为就会如天地般博大，并拥有了属于自己的世界，

更重要的是：孩子，你成为了真正顶天立地之人！

【英文原文】

Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death.

I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death.

We just can't love one another enough.

Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure.

What this man feels for his spouse is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails.

His love celebrates her victories and soothes her wounds.

He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction.

Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said:

"What can you do to promote world peace?

Go home and love your family."

And love your friends. Love them without measure.

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【中文译文】

弗里达-布赖特说过：“只有在歌剧中，人们才会为爱而死。”这是千真万确的。的确，你不会因为爱一个人而死。

我知道有人因为缺乏爱而死，可我从来没有听说过谁因被爱而死。

我们恰好是相互之间爱也爱不够。

有人曾经说过，爱的限度就是无限度地去爱。

不管妻子成功还是失败，这个男人都给予她完全的包容和爱。

他的爱庆祝她的胜利，也抚平她的创伤。

不管生活的道路上遇到什么，他们始终同舟共济。

特蕾莎修女在接受诺贝尔和平奖时说道：

“你能为促进世界和平做些什么呢？回家爱你的家人吧。”

还要爱你的朋友。爱他们无止境。

【英文原文】

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets。

So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don't。

And believe that everything happens for a reason.。。

If you get a chance - take it;

If it changes your life - let it;

Nobody said that it would be easy.。。

They just promised it would be worth it。

【中文译文】

生命太短。没留时间给我们每日带着遗憾醒来。

所以去爱那些对你好的人，忘掉那些不知珍惜你的人。

请相信每件事的发生都有它的缘由……

如果你得到一个机会——就抓住它；

如果它改变了你的人生——也由它去；

没有人说过这个过程是轻松的……

他们只是保证了最后一切都值得。

【英文原文】

They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars, Like petals from a rose,

When suddenly across the June

A wind with fingers goes.

They perished in the seamless grass, --

No eye could find the place;

But God on his repealless list

Can summon every face.

战场

他们雪片般落下，他们流星般落下，

象一朵玫瑰花的花瓣纷纷落下，

当风的手指忽然间

穿划过六月初夏。

在眼睛不能发现的地方，--

他们凋零于不透缝隙的草丛；

但上帝摊开他无赦的名单

依然能传唤每一副面孔

The Lamb

Little lamb, who made

thee? 小羊羔谁创造了你 Dost thou know who made

thee? 你可知道谁创造了你

Gave thee life, and bid thee

feed 给你生命，哺育着你

By the stream and o'er the

mead; 在溪流旁，在青草地

Gave thee clothing of

delight, 给你穿上好看的衣裳

Softest clothing, woolly,

bright; 最软的衣裳毛茸茸多漂亮；

Gave thee such a tender

voice, 给你这样温柔的声音， Making all the vales

rejoice? 让所有的山谷都开心；

Little lamb, who made

thee? 小羔羊谁创造了你 Dost thou know who made

thee? 你可知道谁创造了你；

Little lamb, I'll tell

thee, 小羔羊我要告诉你，

Little lamb, I'll tell

thee: 小羔羊我要告诉你；

He is called by thy

name, 他的名字跟你的一样，

For He calls Himself a

Lamb. 他也称他自己是羔羊；

He is meek, and He is

mild; 他又温顺又和蔼， He became a little

child. 他变成了一个小小孩

I a child, and thou a

lamb, 我是个小孩你是羔羊

We are called by His

name. 咱俩的名字跟他一样。

Little lamb, God bless

thee! 小羔羊上帝保佑你

Little lamb, God bless

thee! 小羔羊上帝保佑你。

布莱克在《天真之歌》这部诗集里，用孩子般天真的眼光来看待人生，整部作品展示了一个充满博爱、仁慈、怜悯和欢乐的世界，选篇《羔羊》就是其中的一首。全诗短短20行，却把羔羊温柔而敦厚的性格刻画得淋漓尽致。不过，该诗还有深刻的象征意义。诗人对羔羊的温驯与善良的描写，旨在表达自己对生活

与自然的一种感受和对宇宙和谐的领悟与向往。他赞美的不仅仅是那头温驯的羔羊，而且还是那种能缔造羔羊的神秘力量。这里上帝、耶稣和羔羊连成了一体。

sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 我能否将你比作夏天？

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 你比夏天更美丽温婉。

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 狂风将五月的蓓蕾凋残，And summer's lease hath all too short a date: 夏日的勾留何其短暂。

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 休恋那丽日当空，

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; 转眼会云雾迷蒙。

And every fair from fair sometime declines, 休叹那百花飘零，

By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd催折于无常的天命。

But thy eternal summer shall not fade 唯有你永恒的夏日常新，

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; 你的美貌亦毫发无损。

Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, 死神也无缘将你幽禁，When in eternal lines to time thou growest: 你在我永恒的诗中长存。

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, 只要世间尚有人吟诵我的诗篇，So long lives this and this gives life to thee. 这诗就将不朽，永葆你的芳颜。

Sonnet 60

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, 像波浪滔滔不息地滚向沙滩：

So do our minutes hasten to their end; 我们的光阴息息奔赴着终点；

Each changing place with that which goes before, 后浪和前浪不断地循环替换，

In sequent toil all forwards do contend. 前推后拥，一个个在奋勇争先。

Nativity, once in the main of light, 生辰，一度涌现于光明的金海，Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, 爬行到壮年，然后，既登上极顶，

Crooked elipses 'gainst his glory fight, 凶冥的日蚀便遮没它的光彩，And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. 时光又撕毁了它从前的赠品。

Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth时光戳破了青春颊上的光艳，

And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, 在美的前额挖下深陷的战壕，

Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, 自然的至珍都被它肆意狂喊，And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow: 一切挺立的都难逃它的镰刀：

And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, 可是我的诗未来将屹立千古，

Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. 歌颂你的美德，不管它多残酷！

Remember

Remember me when I am gone away，记着我吧

Gone far away into the silent land；记着我吧，当我离你而去

When you can no more hold me by the hand，去到遥远的地方一片寂静Nor I half turn to go， yet turning stay. 那时你再不能把我的手拉紧Remember me when no more day by day那时你再不能把我的手拉紧

You tell me of our future that you plann'd 我也不能转身要走却又迟疑。

Only remember me； you understand 记着我吧，当你再不能天天

It will be late to counsel then or pray告诉我你为咱俩设计的未来；

Yet if you should forget me for a while只要你还记着我；你也明白And afterwards remember， do not grieve；那时商量或祈祷都为时已晚。

For if the darkness and corruption leave 但你若想要暂时将我忘掉，

A vestige of the thoughts that once I had，然后再把我记起，也不必忧伤

Better by far you should forget and smile因为在那黑暗和腐朽之乡，若尚能留下些许我过去的思绪，

我但愿你能将我忘记而微笑，

也远远胜似你伤心地把我记起。

Than that you should remember and be sad.

Composed upon Westminster Bridge 威斯敏斯特桥上

by William Wordsworth

Earth has not anything to show more fair: 大地再没有比这儿更美的风貌：Dull would he be of soul who could pass by若有谁，对如此壮丽动人的景物

A sight so touching in its majesty: 竟无动于衷，那才是灵魂麻木：

This City now doth, like a garment, wear瞧这座城市，像披上一领新袍，The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, 披上了明艳的晨光；环顾周遭：Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie船舶，尖塔，剧院，教堂，华屋，

Open unto the fields, and to the sky; 都寂然、坦然，向郊野、向天穹赤露，All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. 在烟尘未染的大气里粲然闪耀

Never did sun more beautifully steep旭日金挥洒布于峡谷山陵，

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; 也不比这片晨光更为奇丽；Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! 我何尝见过、感受过这深沉的宁静！

The river glideth at his own sweet will: 河上徐流，由着自己的心意；Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; 上帝呵！千门万户都沉睡未醒，And all that mighty heart is lying still! 这整个宏大的心脏仍然在歇息！

据华兹华斯本人说，这首诗写于1802年9月3日，那天他和妹妹多萝西一起动身从伦敦去法国多佛，在马车中写下了这首诗。

华兹华斯此行前往多佛，实为会见其前情人Annette Vallon 以及两人的私生女Caroline。华兹华斯最后一次见到Annette Vallon是在1791年，当时，他本已向其求婚，但是最后迫于英法两国之间的战争一触即发的形势，华兹华斯不得不回到英国，两人因此分离。1802年，英法两国签订了和平条约（Peace of Amiens），两国间的往来重新开通。但是时隔十数年，此时的华兹华斯已经爱上了儿时的好友Mary Hutchinson，并希望与其结婚。所以，他此行其实意在就其对Annette 和Caroline的责任上达成双方协议，以解脱良心上的重负。

当时，他们搭乘的马车停在了威斯敏斯特桥上，伦敦的景象使诗人惊呆了。虽然，当时的伦敦已基本失去了自然的色彩，而完全成了一个“人造”城市，虽然工业革命使得伦敦地方肮脏，穷苦人民更是水生火热，但是，这座城市在黎明时分显现的美景依然深深地震撼了诗人的心灵。多萝西曾这样描述当时的情景：“早晨5点到6点之间离开伦敦。美丽的早晨。当马车驶过威斯敏斯特桥时，城市、圣保罗大教堂和停泊着船只的泰晤士河，组成了一幅辉煌的画面。房屋绵延伸展，没有尘雾缠绕。朝阳是那么灿烂、纯净，似乎是一幅纯净的大自然的壮观。”

My Heart Leaps Up when I behold我心雀跃

by William Wordsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold每当我看见天上的彩虹

A rainbow in the sky; 心儿就激烈地跳动

So was it when my life began; 我年幼的时候就是这样，

I so is it now I am a man; 现在成人之后还是这样

So be it when I shall grow old, 但愿到年老时依然这样

Or let me die! 要不，就让我死亡！

The child is father of the Man; 儿童既然是成人的爸爸

And I could wish my days to be我就能希望天然的敬爱

Bound each to each by natural piety. 把我的一生贯穿在一块。

诗歌赏析

圣经创世纪第九章记载，上帝因人类堕落败坏，以洪水灭绝人类后(独留义人诺亚)，上帝与诺亚(代表人类)立下永约，凡有血肉的不再被洪水灭绝，上帝将彩虹放在云彩中，作为立永约的记号。因此彩虹可说是美丽与信实的象征。

华兹华斯从小在秀丽的英国湖区成长，受大自然蕴育，纯净心灵很容易受大自然触动。这首短诗是他32岁作品，以彩虹为意象。第1-4行叙述从小到现在(已成年)，看到彩虹时雀跃的情感；第4-6行连续以So was it、 So is it 、So be it的重覆语法来强调、凸显这种情感；第6行更以短促的四音节句子，作情感转折，表现希望此情能长存到老，否则宁愿死的心境；第7行The child is father of the man是本诗的诗眼，暗示2种含意，一是从人的童年可以预示成年后的性情，一是小孩纯真的心灵，反而是大人的父亲(小孩启示大人如何感应大自然)；8-9行对未来并无把握是否能保有纯净天真的心(看到彩虹的雀跃之情)，故以虔诚的祈愿作结。

小孩的纯净天真是天生的，却也容易在长大成人以至年老的过程中，受到现实、尘世的压制、污染而流失，大人经锻炼才能得二度天真(重生)即「纯真」，这成人后至老年的「纯真」，因为是经后天锻炼而得，是更加可贵且较不会流失。这首诗作者并未提到如何才能长保纯净天真的心灵(那不是诗人的主要任务)。或许藉由多接触大自然、文学艺术或灵修均有助益吧！

库尔的野天鹅

威廉?巴特勒?叶芝

树木披上绚烂的秋装，

林中的小径晒得干爽。

十月的微曦朦胧，

一片静空铺水中。

一湖秋水，满池卵石，

五十九只天鹅在悠游。

自我第一次来此数天鹅，

十九个秋天已悄然逝过。

正当我数着，我看见，

天鹅突然成群冲向蓝天

然后散开，绕着残缺的围圆飞行，

喧闹地扑棱着翅膀。

看着这灿烂的生灵，

我感到痛苦忧伤。

沧桑巨变，自从我乘着日色苍茫

在湖畔第一次听到

它们在我头顶盘旋时钟摆似的飞翔，

那时我的步伐多么轻盈。

它们比翼双飞，永不厌倦，

时而荡漾于多情的湖面，

时而双翮凌空，一举千里，

活力永不衰减。

不论游往何地，激情和志向，

将伴随它们，日久天长。

如今，它们悠游于幽静的水面，

神秘而又美妍。

它们将沿着怎样的湖边，

在怎样的蒲苇中筑起家园，

让人们把喜悦写入眼帘，

当某天早晨我突然起身，

发现它们早已杳无踪痕？

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

雪夜林畔小驻

（文）Robert Frost （译）余光中

Whose woods these are I think I know, 想来我认识这座森林，His house is in the village though. 林主的庄宅就在邻村

He will not see me stopping here, 却不会见我在此驻马

To watch his woods fill up with snow. 看他林中积雪的美景。

My little horse must think it queer, 我的小马一定颇惊讶：To stop without a farmhouse near, 四望不见有什么农家Between the woods and frozen lake, 偏是一年最暗的黄昏

The darkest evening of the year. 寒林和冰湖之间停下

He gives his harness bells a shake, 它摇一摇身上的串铃

To ask if there is some mistake. 问我这地方该不该停。

The only other sound's the sweep, 此外只有轻风拂雪片，

Of easy wind and downy flake. 再也听不见其他声音。

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. 森林又暗又深真可羡，

But I have promises to keep, 但我还要守一些诺言

And miles to go before I sleep. 还要赶多少路才安眠，

And miles to go before I sleep. 还要赶多少路才安眠。

On the surface, this poem is simplicity itself. The speaker is stopping by some woods on a snowy evening. He or she takes in the lovely scene in near-silence, is tempted to stay longer, but acknowledges the pull of obligations and the considerable distance yet to be traveled before he or she can rest for the night.

Form:

The poem consists of four (almost) identically constructed stanzas. Each line is iambic, with four stressed syllables:

She Walks in Beauty她走在美的光彩中

by Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night她走在美的光彩中，象夜晚

Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 皎洁无云,繁星漫天；

And all that's best of dark and bright明与暗,最美妙的色泽

Meet in her aspect and her eyes: 呈现在她的仪容和秋波：

Thus mellowed to that tender light耀目的白天只嫌光太强，

Which heaven to gaudy day denies. 它比那光亮柔和而幽暗。

One shade the more, one ray the less, 增加或减少一份明与暗

Had half impaired the nameless grace就会损害这难言的美。

Which waves in every raven tress, 美波动在她乌黑的发上

Or softly lightens o'er her face; 或者散布淡淡的光辉

Where thoughts serenely sweet express在那脸庞，恬静的思绪

How pure, how dear their dwelling place. 指明它的来处纯洁而珍贵。

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, 呵，那额际，那鲜艳的面颊，

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, 如此温和，平静，而又脉脉含情，

The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 那迷人的微笑，那容颜的光彩，

But tell of days in goodness spent, 都在说明一个善良的生命：

A mind at peace with all below, 她的头脑安于世间的一切，

A heart whose love is innocent! 她的心充溢着真纯的爱情！

1814年6月11日拜伦首度在好友James W. Webster的引荐下，到Lady Sitwell 的家中，在舞会上与其表妹霍顿夫人（Lady Wilmot Horton）相遇，当时这位寡寡的美丽夫人仍在服丧，穿着“一件金箔闪烁的黑色晨服”（a mourning dress of spangled black），她美丽的容貌，优雅的仪态，令诗人怦然心动，第二天便写就了这首脍炙人口的She Walks in Beauty，留下了他惊艳时的心情。

The silken

横向力量“无数爱慕和期盼的丝带”若无丝带的牵制，帐篷随风漂泊，

垂直力量“那根雪杉木”揭示了女性外秀内惠、女性和自然、人类和环境的和谐统一

Digging 挖掘

Between my finger and my thumb在我手指和大拇指中间

The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun. 一支粗壮的笔躺着，舒适自在像一支枪。

Under my window a clean rasping sound我的窗下，一个清晰而粗厉的响声When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: 铁铲切进了砾石累累的土地：My father, digging. I look down我爹在挖土。我向下望

Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds看到花坪间他正使劲的臀部Bends low, comes up twenty years away弯下去，伸上来，二十年来Stooping in rhythm through potato drills穿过白薯垄有节奏地俯仰着，Where he was digging. 他在挖土。

The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft粗劣的靴子踩在铁铲上，长柄

Against the inside knee was levered firmly. 贴着膝头的内侧有力地撬动，He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep他把表面一层厚土连根掀起，把铁铲发亮的一边深深埋下去

To scatter new potatoes that we picked，使新薯四散，我们捡在手中，Loving their cool hardness in our hands. 爱它们又凉又硬的味儿。

By God, the old man could handle a spade, 说真的，这老头子使铁铲的巧劲Just like his old man. 就像他那老头子一样。

My grandfather could cut more turf in a day我爷爷的土纳的泥沼地

Than any other man on Toner's bog. 一天挖的泥炭比谁个都多。

Once I carried him milk in a bottle有一次我给他送去一瓶牛奶，

Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up用纸团松松地塞住瓶口。他直起腰喝了，马上又干开了，

To drink it, then fell to right away利索地把泥炭截短，切开，把土．

Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods撩过肩，为找好泥炭，

Over his shoulder, digging down and down一直向下，向下挖掘。

For the good turf. Digging.

The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap白薯地的冷气，潮湿泥炭地的

Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge咯吱声、咕咕声，铁铲切进活薯根的短促声响

Through living roots awaken in my head. 在我头脑中回荡。

But I've no spade to follow men like them. 但我可没有铁铲像他们那样去干。

Between my finger and my thumb在我手指和大拇指中间The squat pen rests. 那支粗壮的笔躺着。

I'll dig with it. 我要用它去挖掘。

秋颂 To autumn

查良铮译

雾气洋溢、果实圆熟的秋，

你和成熟的太阳成为友伴；

你们密谋用累累的珠球，

缀满茅屋檐下的葡萄藤蔓；

使屋前的老树背负着苹果，

让熟味透进果实的心中，

使葫芦胀大，鼓起了榛子壳，

好塞进甜核；又为了蜜蜂

一次一次开放过迟的花朵，

使它们以为日子将永远暖和，

因为夏季早填满它们的粘巢。

谁不经常看见你伴着谷仓？

在田野里也可以把你找到，

弥有时随意坐在打麦场上，

让发丝随着簸谷的风轻飘；

有时候，为罂粟花香所沉迷，

你倒卧在收割一半的田垄，

让镰刀歇在下一畦的花旁；

或者．像拾穗人越过小溪，

你昂首背着谷袋，投下倒影，

或者就在榨果架下坐几点钟，

你耐心地瞧着徐徐滴下的酒浆。