双语有声阅读：暗处的鸫鸟 The Darkling Thrush

The Darkling Thrush

 

暗处的鸫鸟

 

Thomas Hardy¹

 

托马斯哈代

 

I leant upon a coppice gate

 

我倚在以树丛做篱的门边，

 

When Frost was spectre-gray,

 

寒霜像幽灵般发灰，

 

And Winter's dregs made desolate²

 

冬的沉渣使那白日之眼

 

The weakening eye of day.

 

在苍白中更添憔悴。

 

The tangled³ bine-stems scored the sky

 

纠缠的藤蔓在天上划线，

 

Like strings⁴ of broken lyres,

 

宛如断了的琴弦，

 

And all mankind that haunted nigh

 

而出没附近的一切人类

 

Had sought their household fires.

 

都已退到家中火边。

 

The land's sharp features seemed to be

 

陆地轮廓分明，望去恰似

 

The Century's corpse⁵ outleant,

 

斜卧着世纪的尸体，

 

His crypt the cloudy canopy⁶,

 

阴沉的天穹是他的墓室，

 

The wind his death-lament.

 

风在为他哀悼哭泣。

 

The ancient pulse of germ and birth

 

自古以来萌芽生长的冲动

 

Was shrunken hard and dry,

 

已收缩得又干又硬，

 

And every spirit upon earth

 

大地上每个灵魂与我一同

 

Seemed fervourless as I.

 

似乎都已丧失热情。

 

At once a voice arose among

 

突然间，头顶上有个声音

 

The bleak⁷ twigs⁸ overhead

 

在细枝萧瑟间升起，

 

In a full-hearted evensong

 

一曲黄昏之歌满腔热情

 

Of joy illimited;

 

唱出了无限欣喜，——

 

An aged⁹ thrush, frail¹⁰, gaunt, and small,

 

这是一只鸫鸟，瘦弱、老衰，

 

In blast-beruffled plume¹¹,

 

羽毛被阵风吹乱，

 

Had chosen thus to fling his soul

 

却决心把它的心灵敞开，

 

Upon the growing gloom.

 

倾泻向浓浓的黑暗。

 

So little cause for carolings

 

远远近近，任你四处寻找，

 

Of such ecstatic sound

 

在地面的万物上

 

Was written on terrestrial things

 

值得欢唱的原因是那么少，

 

Afar or nigh around,

 

是什么使它欣喜若狂？

 

That I could think there trembled through

 

这使我觉得：它颤音的歌词，

 

His happy good-night air

 

它欢乐曲晚安曲调

 

Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew

 

含有某种幸福希望——为它所知

 

And I was unaware¹².

 

而不为我所晓。

1 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

2 desolate   

adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂

参考例句：

• The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
• We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。

3 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

4 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

5 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

6 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

7 bleak   

adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的

参考例句：

• They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
• The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。

8 twigs   

细枝，嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
• Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。

9 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

10 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。

11 plume   

n.羽毛；v.整理羽毛，骚首弄姿，用羽毛装饰

参考例句：

• Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
• He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。

12 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。