英语美文背诵 葬礼蓝调

Funeral Blues¹ by W. H. Auden

葬礼蓝调 奥登

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,

停止所有的时钟，切断电话

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

给狗一块浓汁的骨头，让他别叫

Silence the pianos and with muffled² drum

黯哑了钢琴，随着低沉的鼓

Bring out the coffin³, let the mourners come.

抬出灵怄，让哀悼者前来。

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead

让直升机在头顶悲旋

Scribbling⁴ on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.

在天空狂草着信息他已逝去，

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

把黑纱系在信鸽的白颈，

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

让交通员戴上黑色的手套。

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

他曾经是我的东，我的西，我的南，我的北，

My working week and my Sunday rest,

我的工作天，我的休息日，

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

我的正午，我的夜半，我的话语，我的歌吟，

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

我以为爱可以不朽：我错了。

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,

不再需要星星，把每一颗都摘掉，

Pack up the moon and dismantle⁵ the sun,

把月亮包起，拆除太阳，

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;

倾泻大海，扫除森林；

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

因为什么也不会，再有意味。

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 muffled   

adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己）

参考例句：

• muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
• There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

4 scribbling   

n.乱涂[写]胡[乱]写的文章[作品]v.潦草的书写( scribble的现在分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下

参考例句：

• Once the money got into the book, all that remained were some scribbling. 折子上的钱只是几个字！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• McMug loves scribbling. Mama then sent him to the Kindergarten. 麦唛很喜欢写字，妈妈看在眼里，就替他报读了幼稚园。 来自互联网

5 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。