英语诗歌精选 基督再临

The Second Coming

基督再临

William Butler Yeats

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

Turnig and turning in the widening gyre

猎鹰绕着越来越大的圈子不停地盘旋

The falcon¹ cannot hear the falconer;

再也听不见放鹰人的呼唤；

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

万物分崩离析；中心难以为系；

Mere² anarchy³ is loosed upon the world,

世上只落下一盘散沙的无政府主义，

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

血色迷糊的潮流奔腾汹涌，

The ceremony of innocence⁴ is drowned;

天真的仪典，亦忍为滔天血浪所湮没;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

至善者毫无信心，而至恶者

Are full of passionate⁵ intensity⁶.

却躁动不止。

Surely some revelation is at hand;

一准是某种启示已近在眼前；

Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

一准是基督再临就在眼前。

The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out

基督再临！话未出□，

When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi

一个巨大的形象便出现在人们脑际

Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert

令我花了眼：在大漠沙海之中，

A shape with lion body and the head of a man,

一个獅身人面的形体

A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

目光如烈日般茫然而无情。

Is moving its slow thighs⁷, while all about it

正缓慢地挪动腿脚，周围环绕着

Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.

—群义愤的沙漠鸟的影子。

The darkness drops again; but now I know

黑暗再度降临；不过现在我知道

That twenty centuries of stony⁸ sleep

过去两千年岩石般的沉睡

Were vexed⁹ to nightmare by a rocking cradle,

都被摇篮摇成了噩梦般的烦恼，

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

何等粗野的畜牲，它的时辰巳至，

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

慵懒地朝伯利恒走去投生。

1 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

2 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

3 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

4 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

5 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

6 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

7 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 stony   

adj.石头的，多石头的，冷酷的，无情的

参考例句：

• The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干，而且布满了石头。
• He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。

9 vexed   

adj.争论不休的；（指问题等）棘手的；争论不休的问题；烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 )；使苦恼；使生气；详细讨论

参考例句：

• The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
• He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》