【双语有声阅读】八月的忧愁 Sadness of August

Sadness of August—Lin Huiyin

 

八月的忧愁——林徽因

 

In a yellow pond there are white ducks swimming.

 

黄水塘里游着白鸭，

Only a little taller than people, sorghums are still green.

高粱梗油青的刚高过头，

Where should I put, in this pounding heart,

这跳动的心怎样安插，

A narrow path in the field, this sadness in August.

田里一窄条路，八月里这忧愁？

Rain washed the sky clean last night, sun shines

天是昨夜雨洗过的，山岗

On hills and leaves some shadows,

照着太阳又留一片影；

Sheep follow the shepherd¹ into the village,

羊跟着放羊的转进村庄，

And shading a well, a big tree looks like a heart.

一大棵树荫下罩着井，又像是心！

No one ever spoke² of August, summer is over

从没有人说过八月什么话，

And fall isn't here. I look onto a farmland³

夏天过去了，也不到秋天。

And then at the squashes⁴ over the earth wall,

但我望着田垄，土墙上的瓜，

I just don't understand how life and dream connect.

仍不明白生活同梦怎样的连牵。

1 shepherd   

n.牧羊者，牧师，指导者；v.看守，领导，指导

参考例句：

• The shepherd boy waited for his sheep to drink.牧童等羊喝水。
• The shepherd and his dog gathered in the sheep.牧羊人和牧羊狗把羊群赶到一块。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 farmland   

n.农田，乡间的土地

参考例句：

• They own 200 acres of farmland.他们拥有200英亩的农田。
• If this wet land was drained,it would be good farmland.如果把这块湿地的水排干，这块地就会成为良田。

4 squashes   

n.拥挤的人群( squash的名词复数 )；果汁汽水；南瓜小果（主要种类为笋瓜 winter squash 和西葫芦 summer squash）；（软式）墙网球v.挤进( squash的第三人称单数 )；将（某人[某物]）压扁；将（某人[某物]）向某方挤；平定（叛乱等）

参考例句：

• They cultivated maize, beans, squashes, and tobacco, in garden beds. 他们在园圃的土坛上种植玉蜀黍、菜豆、南瓜和烟草。 来自辞典例句
• Bug Squash Tummy-Here the bug pats hellos stomach and It'squashes and stretches. 这个虫子轻轻打它的肚子，注重肚子上边有挤压拉伸形变。 来自互联网