英语诗歌精选 自我之歌

From Song Of Myself—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

自我之歌——沃尔特·惠特曼

I think I could turn and live a while with the animals...

我想我可以和这些动物们一起住一段时间

they are so placid¹ and self-contained,

它们是如此的温和,自给自足

I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.

有时候我可以大半天站着观察它们

They do not sweat and whine² about their condition ,

他们不出汗,也不抱怨生存条件

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.

晚上他们也不躺下休息,而是为他们的罪过而哭泣

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God

他们向上帝陈述自己的职责,这一点都不让人讨厌

Not one is dissatisfied...

没有谁是不满意的

not one is demented with the mania³ of owning things,

没有谁因为占有欲而发狂

Not one kneels to another,nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.

没有谁向谁屈尊下跪,或是盲目崇拜着他们几年前的祖先

Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth

在这片大地上,没有谁是值得尊重或勤劳刻苦的

1 placid   

adj.安静的，平和的

参考例句：

• He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
• You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。

2 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

3 mania   

n.疯狂；躁狂症，狂热，癖好

参考例句：

• Football mania is sweeping the country.足球热正风靡全国。
• Collecting small items can easily become a mania.收藏零星物品往往容易变成一种癖好。