【双语有声阅读】草原之夜

Night on the Prairies

草原之夜

by Walt Whitman

瓦尔特·惠特曼

Night on the prairies,

草原的夜晚，

The supper is over, the fire on the ground burns low,

晚餐过了，活在地上轻轻的燃烧，

The wearied emigrants¹ sleep, wrapt in their blankets;

疲倦了的牧民过着他们的毯子睡着了，

I walk by myself--I stand and look at the stars,

我独自散步---我站着观望星星。

which I think nownever realized before.

那些我以前从没有注意过的星星。

Now I absorb immortality² and peace,

现在我想着永生与和平，

I admire death and test propositions.

我羡慕死亡，我思考各种问题。

How plenteous! how spiritual! how resume!

多么丰饶！多么高尚！多么简明哟！

The same old man and soul--the same old aspirations³, and the same content.

同样的一个老人和灵魂——同样的旧有的渴望，同样的满足。

I was thinking the day most splendid till I saw what the not-day exhibited,

直到我看见非白天所展示的一切，我一直以为白天最为光辉灿烂，

I was thinking this globe enough till there sprang out so noiseless around me myriads⁴ of other globes.

直到在我的周围无声地涌现出千万个其他的地球，我一直以为这个地球已经很足够。

Now while the great thoughts of space and eternity⁵ fill me I will measure myself by them,

现在空间和永恒的伟大思想己充满了我，我要以它们来测量我自己，

And now touch'd with the lives of other globes arrived as far along as those of the earth,

现在我接触到别的星球的生命，这生命跟大地上的生命一样来自遥远的地方，

Or waiting to arrive, or pass'd on farther than those of the earth,

或是将要来到，或是已经超过了大地上的生命，

I henceforth no more ignore them than I ignore my own life,

此后我将不再漠视它们，正如我不漠视我自己的生命，

Or the lives of the earth arrived as far as mine, or waiting to arrive.

或者那些在大地上跟我一样进展的，或将要来到的生命。

O I see now that life cannot exhibit all to me, as the day cannot,

啊，我现在看出生命不能向我展示出所有的一切，白天也不能展示出所有的一切，

I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.

我看出我得等待那将由死展示出来的东西。

1 emigrants   

n.（从本国移往他国的）移民( emigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At last the emigrants got to their new home. 移民们终于到达了他们的新家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Truly, a decree for selling the property of emigrants.' “有那么回事，是出售外逃人员财产的法令。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2 immortality   

n.不死，不朽

参考例句：

• belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
• It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。

3 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

4 myriads   

n.无数，极大数量( myriad的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Each galaxy contains myriads of stars. 每一星系都有无数的恒星。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sky was set with myriads of stars. 无数星星点缀着夜空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。