【双语有声阅读】但是我感到惊奇 Yet Do I Marvel

Yet Do I Marvel¹ — Countee Cullen

 

但是我感到惊奇——康蒂·卡伦

 

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,

 

我不怀疑上帝的仁慈、善良和好意，

And did He stoop to quibble could tell why

但若是他使用遁词便能解释，

The little buried mole² continues blind,

为何地下的鼹鼠仍然瞎眼，

Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,

为何反映他形象的肉体总有一天要死去，

Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus

说明坦塔罗斯受折磨的原因，

Is bailed³ by the fickle⁴ fruit, declare

是他被变化不定的果子吸引，

If merely brute⁵ caprice dooms⁶ Sisyphus

阐明是否仅仅因蛮横的任性，

To struggle up a never-ending stair.

西西弗斯就注定得攀登无限高的阶梯。

Inscrutable His ways are, and immune

上帝之道深奥莫测，

To catechism by a mind too strewn

对人们的诘问置之不理，

With petty cares to slightly understand

他们的头脑塞满鸡毛蒜皮

What awful brain compels His awful hand

他们的头脑塞满鸡毛蒜皮

Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:

但我对这件怪事感到惊奇：

To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

造出黑肤色诗人，令他唱吟!

1 marvel   

vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事

参考例句：

• The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
• The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。

2 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。

3 bailed   

保释，帮助脱离困境( bail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Fortunately the pilot bailed out before the plane crashed. 飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员幸运地跳伞了。
• Some water had been shipped and the cook bailed it out. 船里进了些水，厨师把水舀了出去。

4 fickle   

adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的，不坚定的

参考例句：

• Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
• The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。

5 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

6 dooms   

v.注定( doom的第三人称单数 )；判定；使…的失败（或灭亡、毁灭、坏结局）成为必然；宣判

参考例句：

• The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start. 对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。
• The dooms of the two are closely linked. 一条线拴俩蚂蚱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》