双语有声阅读：闲暇

4. Leisure

 

4.闲暇

What is this life if, full of care,

如果我们忧思重重，生活将会怎样?

We have no time to stand and stare?

我们甚至无暇驻足凝望。

No time to stand beneath the boughs¹

无暇在树枝下伫立，

And stare as long as sheep or cows;

像牛羊般长久地注视;

No time to see, when woods we pass,

无暇观看，穿越森林时，

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

松鼠在草丛的何处把坚果藏匿;

No time to see, in broad daylight,

无暇观看，明媚阳光中，

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

繁星点点的溪流，宛如夜晚的天空;

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

无暇为了美神的一瞥而回顾，

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

观看她的双足跳出曼妙的舞步;

No time to wait till her mouth can

无暇等到她的嘴角，

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

衬映出双眸里的微笑。

A poor life this is if, full of care,

这生了活多么可怜，如果我们满怀忧里，

We have no time to stand and stare.

甚至无暇驻足凝视。

1 boughs   

大树枝( bough的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
• A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。