时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之商务英语


英语课

4 Trees 树

Joyce Kilmer 乔埃斯·基尔默



I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree;

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest(1)

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast(2);

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms(3) to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins 1 in her hair;

Upon whose bosom 2 snow has lain,

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.



中文译文:

我想我永远也不会看到

象一棵树那样优美的诗篇,

树那饥渴的嘴唇紧紧贴住

大地乳汁甘美的胸脯,

它整天仰望着上帝,

举起枝叶繁茂的手臂祈祷,

它那茂密如发的枝叶里

夏天会筑起知更鸟的安乐窝,

雪花飘落在它怀里,

它同雨水亲密无间。

诗歌出自我等愚人之手,

而树却是造化的天工。



英文注释:

(1) prest: pressed的变体,为了与下面一行最后一个词breast押韵而采用。

(2)flowing breast: 相当于breast flowing with milk,解作"流出奶汁的乳房’,用来比喻土壤的肥沃。

(3)leafy arms: 指叶子茂盛的树枝



1 robins
n.知更鸟,鸫( robin的名词复数 );(签名者不分先后,以避免受责的)圆形签名抗议书(或请愿书)
  • The robins occupied their former nest. 那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Benjamin Robins then entered the fray with articles and a book. 而后,Benjamin Robins以他的几篇专论和一本书参加争论。 来自辞典例句
2 bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
  • She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
  • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
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