【双语有声阅读】孤独人生Solitude

 

Solitude¹ --Ella Wheeler Wilcox

　　

 

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

 

Weep, and you weep alone.

 

For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

 

But has trouble enough of its own.

　　

Sing, and the hills will answer;

　　

Sigh, it is lost on the air.

　　

The echoes bound to a joyful² sound,

　　

But shrink from voicing care.

 

　　

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

　　

Grieve, and they turn and go.

　　

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

　　

But they do not need your woe³.

　　

Be glad, and your friends are many;

　　

Be sad, and you lose them all.

　　

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

　　

But alone you must drink life's gall⁴.

 

Feast, and your halls are crowded;

　　

Fast, and the world goes by.

　　

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

　　

But no man can help you die.

　　

There is room in the halls of pleasure

　　

For a long and lordly train,

　　

But one by one we must all file on

　　

Through the narrow aisles⁵ of pain.

 

孤独

 

笑则天下笑，

泣则独自泣。

因悲哀的旧世界须借贷欢笑，

而它自身的麻烦不少。

唱则群山应，

叹则空散尽。

回声反射成欢欣，

倾诉忧虑无回音。

 

喜则人寻你，

悲则众人离。

他们要度量你的欢快，

但他们不要你的悲哀。

你高兴，朋友会多起来，

你悲伤，他们转身走开。

无人会拒绝你的佳酿，

但你要独自把生活的苦酒品尝。

 

设宴，高朋满盈，

斋戒，无人问津。

成功和慷慨能助你生，

但是他人救不了你死。

娱乐大厅里有一间房，

长长豪华列车停中央，

但我们都必须鱼贯上，

通过狭长痛苦的走廊。

1 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

2 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

3 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

4 gall   

v.使烦恼，使焦躁，难堪；n.磨难

参考例句：

• It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。
• No gall,no glory.没有磨难，何来荣耀。

5 aisles   

n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊

参考例句：

• Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期，原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
• They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近，并且很快就坐了下来。