精美英文欣赏:秋颂

To Autumn

SEASON of mists and mellow¹ fruitfulness!

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

1)Conspiring with him how to load and bless

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;

To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

To 2)swell the gourd², and 3)plump the hazel shells

With a sweet kernel³; to set 4)budding more,

And still more, 5)later flowers for the bees,

Until they think warm days will never cease,

For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their 6)clammy cells.

Who hath not seen thee 7)oft amid thy store?

Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find

Thee sitting careless on a 8)granary floor,

Thy hair soft-lifted by the 9)winnowing wind;

Or on a half 10)reap’d 11)furrow sound asleep,

Drowsed with the fume⁴ of poppies, while thy hook

Spares the next 21)swath and all its 12)twined flowers;

And sometimes like a gleaner⁵ thou 13)dost keep

Steady thy 14)laden head across a brook⁶;

Or by a cider-press, with patient look,

Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.

Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,

And touch the 15)stubble-plains with rosy⁷ 16)hue;

Then in a 17)wailful choir⁸ the small gnats⁹ mourn

Among the river sallows, borne aloft

Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;

And full-grown lambs loud bleat¹⁰ from hilly bourn;

Hedge-crickets sing; and now with 18)treble soft

The redbreast whistles from a garden-19)croft;

And gathering¹¹ swallows 20)twitter in the skies.

秋颂

雾霭迷濛、硕果芳醇的秋！

使万物成熟的太阳与你结为挚友；

密谋以累累的珠球，

缀满茅屋檐下的葡萄藤；

村舍前青苔遍布的老树，苹果压弯了枝桠，

让所有的果实都熟透；

吹胀了葫芦，鼓起了榛子壳

好塞进甜甜的果仁；又为了蜜蜂

让越来越多过季的花儿结上蓓蕾，

直到它们以为温暖的时光永无止休，

因为夏日早已填满它们的粘巢。

谁不常见你藏身于谷仓？

有时，任谁外出寻找都能发现

你无忧无虑地坐在打麦场上，

发丝随着簸谷的风轻扬；

或者，沉迷于罂粟花香，

你酣睡在收割一半的田野上，

让镰刀歇在下一畦庄稼和田垄的花丛旁；

有时，如拾穗者

你稳稳地顶着满载的收获越过溪流；

或者，耐心地守候在榨果架旁，

你长久地凝视徐徐渗下的酒浆。

春之歌飘落何方？唉，何处觅其踪影？

别想这些了，你也有你的乐音，——

当片片浮云把缓缓将逝的一天照映，

玫瑰色的夕阳晕染了茬梗遍布的田野；

这时，河边垂柳下秋虫的唱吟

交织成悲哀的和声，它们时而飞起

忽而下落，随着微风的轻拂或止息；

长成的群羊在山涧咩咩叫唤；

蟋蟀们在篱下歌唱；而知更鸟

用高音在园中婉转啼鸣；

丛飞的燕子在天空呢喃嘤咛。

1 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

2 gourd   

n.葫芦

参考例句：

• Are you going with him? You must be out of your gourd.你和他一块去？你一定是疯了。
• Give me a gourd so I can bail.把葫芦瓢给我，我好把水舀出去。

3 kernel   

n.(果实的)核，仁；(问题)的中心，核心

参考例句：

• The kernel of his problem is lack of money.他的问题的核心是缺钱。
• The nutshell includes the kernel.果壳裹住果仁。

4 fume   

n.(usu pl.)(浓烈或难闻的)烟，气，汽

参考例句：

• The pressure of fume in chimney increases slowly from top to bottom.烟道内压力自上而下逐渐增加，底层住户的排烟最为不利。
• Your harsh words put her in a fume.你那些难听的话使她生气了。

5 gleaner   

n.拾穗的人；割捆机

参考例句：

• Your feet are rosy-red with the glow of my heart's desire, Gleaner of my sunset songs! 你的双脚被我心切望的热光染得绯红，我的落日之歌的搜集者！ 来自互联网

6 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

7 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

8 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

9 gnats   

n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He decided that he might fire at all gnats. 他决定索性把鸡毛蒜皮都摊出来。 来自辞典例句
• The air seemed to grow thick with fine white gnats. 空气似乎由于许多白色的小虫子而变得浑浊不堪。 来自辞典例句

10 bleat   

v.咩咩叫，(讲)废话，哭诉；n.咩咩叫，废话，哭诉

参考例句：

• He heard the bleat of a lamb.他听到小羊的叫声。
• They bleat about how miserable they are.他们诉说他们的生活是多么悲惨。

11 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。