【双语有声阅读】春之美神 Spring Beauties

Spring Beauties

 

春之美神

Ruth Stone

露丝斯通

The abandoned campus,

被摈弃的校园，

empty brick buildings and early June

空空的砖瓦房当六月初

when you came to visit me;

你来看望我；

crossing the states midway,

穿行于州际途中，

the straggled belts of little roads;

束带般的小路伸延，

hitchhiking with your portable typewriter.

提着你的便携打字机搭车。

The campus, an academy of trees,

校园，一个树林的学院，

under which some hand, the wind's I guess,

在树下有些，我想是风的手，

had scattered¹ the pale light

已经消散了千百

of thousands of spring beauties,

春之美神的苍白光线，

petals² stained with pink veins³;

花瓣染上桃红色的血管；

secret, blooming for themselves.

秘密的，为它们自己开放。

We sat among them.

我们坐在它们中间。

Your long fingers, thin body,

你那修长的手指，清瘦的身材，

and long bones of improbable genius;

和未必会是天才的长骨；

some scattered gene⁴ as Kafka must have had.

一些象卡夫卡肯定有的分散的基因。

Your deep voice, this passing dust of miracles.

你深沉的嗓音，通行奇妙尘间。

That simple that was myself, half conscious,

单纯如我，神志半醒，

as though each moment was a page

似乎每一瞬间都是词语出现之页；

where words appeared; the bent⁵ hammer of the type

弯型字锤

struck against the moving ribbon.

撞击移动的色带

The light air, the restless leaves;

清淡的空气，烦躁的树叶；

the ripple⁶ of time warped⁷ by our longing⁸.

我们的渴望翘曲起时间的微澜。

There, as if we were painted

在那里，好象我们被

by some unknown impressionist.

几个无名印象派画家绘入了画面。

1 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

2 petals   

n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
• The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

5 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

6 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

7 warped   

adj.反常的；乖戾的；（变）弯曲的；变形的v.弄弯，变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 )；使（行为等）不合情理，使乖戾，

参考例句：

• a warped sense of humour 畸形的幽默感
• The board has warped. 木板翘了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。