双语有声阅读：葬礼蓝调 Stop All The Clocks

葬礼蓝调 - W.H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,

停止所有的时钟，切断电话，

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

给狗一块浓汁的骨头，别让它吠叫，

Silence the pianos and with muffled¹ drum Bring out the coffin², let the mourners come.

把琴声凝住在低沉的鼓声中，抬出灵怄，让送葬者进来。

葬礼蓝调 

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling³ on the sky the message He Is Dead,

让盘旋的飞机在头上呜咽，在天空上潦草的写着：他已逝去，

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

把黑纱系在信鸽的白颈，

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

让交通警员带上黑手套。

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

他是我的南北西东，

My working week and my Sunday rest,

我的工作日，我的休息日，

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

我的正午，我的夜半，我的话语，我的歌吟；

I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

还以为爱可以天长地久，我错了。

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;

不再需要星星，把每一颗都摘掉；

Pack up the moon and dismantle⁴ the sun;

把月亮包起，掩盖骄阳；

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.

把海水抽干，把林木扫掉。

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

因为什么也不会，再有意味。

1 muffled   

adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己）

参考例句：

• muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
• There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

3 scribbling   

n.乱涂[写]胡[乱]写的文章[作品]v.潦草的书写( scribble的现在分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下

参考例句：

• Once the money got into the book, all that remained were some scribbling. 折子上的钱只是几个字！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• McMug loves scribbling. Mama then sent him to the Kindergarten. 麦唛很喜欢写字，妈妈看在眼里，就替他报读了幼稚园。 来自互联网

4 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。