自我之歌

宝泉

<p class="ql-block">Song of Myself</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">自我之歌</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">by Walt Whitman</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">沃尔特·惠特曼</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I think I could turn and live a while with the animals...</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我想我可以和这些动物们一起住一段时间</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">they are so placid and self-contained, </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">它们是如此的温和,自给自足</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">有时候我可以大半天站着观察它们</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">They do not sweat and whine about their condition,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">他们不焦虑,也不抱怨生存条件</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">晚上他们也不躺下休息,而是为他们的罪过而哭泣</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">他们向上帝陈述自己的职责,这一点都不让人讨厌</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Not one is dissatisfied... </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">没有谁是不满意的</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">not one is demented with the mania of owning things,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">没有谁因为占有欲而发狂</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">没有谁向谁屈尊下跪,或是盲目崇拜着他们几年前的祖先</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">在这片大地上,没有谁是值得尊重或勤劳刻苦的</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">I celebrate myself, and sing myself,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我赞美我自己,歌唱我自己,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">And what I assume you shall assume,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我承担的你也将承担,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">因为属于我的每一个原子也同样属于你。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I loafe and invite my soul,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我闲步,还邀请了我的灵魂,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spearof summer grass.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我俯身悠然观察着一片夏日的草叶。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我的舌,我血液的每个原子,是在这片土壤、这个空气里形成的,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">是这里的父母生下的,父母的父母也是在这里生下的,他们的父母也一样,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">我,现在三十七岁,一生下身体就十分健康,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Hoping to cease not till death.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">希望永远如此,直到死去。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Creeds and schools in abeyance,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">信条和学派暂时不论,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Retiring back a whilesufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">且后退一步,明了它们当前的情况已足,但也决不是忘记,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Iharbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">不论我从善从恶,我允许随意发表意见,</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Nature without check with original energy.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">顺乎自然,保持原始的活力。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p>