英语诗歌精选 摘苹果后(下)

My instep arch not only keeps the ache,

我的脚底不仅忍受酸疼的折磨。

It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.

而且还得经受梯子档的分量，

I feel the ladder sway as the boughs¹ bend,

随着树枝摇晃,

And I keep hearing from the cellar-bin.

我觉得梯子也不停晃悠，轰隆隆的声响.

That rumbling² sound,

我听到地窖里不时传出,

Of load on load of apples coming in.

苹果一桶桶地往地窖里送。

For I have had too much,

因为摘了那么多，

Of apple-picking; I am overtired，

苹果，我感到筋疲力尽.

Of the great harvest I myself desired.

尽管我一直盼望这样的好收成。

There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,

千万个苹果要去采摘，

Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall,

要珍放在手中，轻轻放下，不能掉地，

For all

因为所有的苹果

That struck the earth,

只要一掉地，

No matter if not bruised³, or spiked⁴ with stubble,

即使没碰伤，也没叫草梗扎破，

Went surely to the cider-apple heap

也准会堆在一边酿酒。

As of no worth.

仿佛毫无价值。

One can see what will trouble，

你能看到是什么在扰乱，

This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.

我的睡眠，不管这是否算得上睡觉。

Were he not gone,

倘若土拨鼠尚未离开，

The woodchuck could say whether it's like his

在听了我对睡梦的这番描述后，

Long sleep, as I describe its coming on,

它准会说这有点像它的冬眠，

Or just some human sleep.

或者说，这不过是人类的冬眠。

1 boughs   

大树枝( bough的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
• A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。

2 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

3 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

4 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句