时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:陈冠商英语背诵文选合集


英语课

16 A Man's A Man For A' That 人总是人,不管那一切

Robert Burns 罗伯特.彭斯



Is there for honest poverty

That hings his head, an' a' that ?(2)

The coward slave, we pass him by

We dare be poor for a' that!

For a' that, an' a' that,

Our toils 1 obscure, an' a' that;

The rank is but the guinea's stamp(3),

The man's the gowd(4) for a' that.

是否有人因清白的贫穷,

便垂头丧气,这样那样的?

这种怯懦的奴才,我们不睬他--

我们敢于做穷人,不管那一切!

不管那一切,那一切,

我们干的活儿低贱,这样那样的,

官位不过是金币上的图案,

人才是真金,不管那一切.

 

What though on hamely fare(5) we dine,

Wear hoddin grey(6), an' a' that ?

Gie(7) fools their silks, and knaves 2 their wine--

A man's a man for a' that.

For a' that, an' a' that,

Their tinsel show(8), an' a' that,

The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor(9),

Is king o' men (10) for a' that.

我们吃粗茶淡饭,

穿破旧衣服,这样那样的,算得了什么?

让蠢人穿绫罗绸缎,让恶棍去花天酒地,

人总是人,不管那一切.

不管那一切,那一切,

他们虚有其表,这样那样的,

清白的人虽然一贫如洗,

却是人中英杰,不管那一切.

 

Ye see yon(11) birkie(12), ca'd(13) a lord,

Wha(14) struts 3, an' stares, an' a' that ?

Thou' hundreds worship at his word,(15)

He's but a coof(16) for a' that.

For a' that, an' a' that,

His ribband(17), star, an' a' that,

The man o' independent mind,

He looks and laughs at a' that.

你看那个家伙,被称作"老爷",

高视阔步,这样那样的?

尽管上千人任凭他使唤,

他不过是个傻瓜,不管那一切。

不管那一切,那一切,

他那绶带,星章,这样那样的,

有独立见解的人

看了只会嗤笑那一切。

 

A prince can mak a belted knight(18),

A marquis, duke, an' a' that!

But an honest man's aboon his might(19)

Guid faith,(20) he mauna fa' that(21) !

For a' that, an' a' that,

Their dignities, an' a' that,

The pith o' sense(22) an' pride o' worth,(23)

Are higher rank than a' that.

君王可以钦赐佩带册封爵士,

侯爵、公爵,这样那样的!

但是清白的人可不服他的管--

老实说,君王的权力对他毫无作用!

不管那一切,那一切,

他们权势显赫,这样那样的,

洞察真理的睿智,值得自豪的品格,

高于那一切。

 

Then let us pray that come it may(24),

As come it will(25) for a' that,

That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,

Shall bear the gree(26), an' a' that!

For a' that, an' a' that,

It's comin(27) yet for a' that,

That man to man, the world o'er,

Shall brithers(28) be for a' that.

那么,让我们祈祷,但愿那一天会来到--

不管那一切,那一天必定会来到,

那时智慧和品格将在全世界

赢得胜利,这样那样的!

不管那一切,那一切,

那一天就要来到,不管那一切,

那时普天之下

人人皆是兄弟,不管那一切。

 

英文注释:

(1)for a'that=for all that,in spite of all that,尽管有此种种。

(2)Is there…an'a'that?这句有省略,等于 is there anyone who,because of honest poverty,hangs his head,and all that?其中honest=honourable,光明正大的; hings=hangs;and all that:如此等等。

(3)guinea's stamp:金币(畿尼,值二十一先令)上的花纹。

(4)gowd:gold的变体。

(5)hamely fare:粗茶淡饭。hamely是homely的变体。

(6)hoddin grey:灰色粗呢衣(贫苦农民所穿)。hoddin= hodden。

(7) Gie=give。

(8) tinsel show;华而不实的外表。

(9)tho'e'er sae poor:though(he should be)ever so poor,不管怎么穷。Sea 是 so 的变体。

(10) king o'men=king of men,人杰,

(11) yon=yonder。

(12) birkie:神气活现的家伙。

(13) ca'd=called。

(14) Wha=who。

(15)Thou'hundreds worship at his word:虽然他一呼百喏。

(16) He's but a coof=he is only a fool。cool为cuif的变体。

(17)ribband=ribbon,绶带(爵位的标志)。

(18)mak a belted knight,封人为爵士。mak是make的变体,belted:系带子的(表示有爵位)。

(19) aboon his might:在他的权力之上,不受他管。aboon=above;might=power。

(20)Guid faith=good faith,老实说(发誓语)。

(21) he mauna fa'that=he must not claim that,他得不到那种权力。意谓君王虽能封官,但对好人无能为力。

(22) The pith o'sense:真知灼见的力量。pith:[古]力量。

(23) pride o'worth:值得自豪的品格。pride:自豪感,worth:高尚的品格等。

(24) come it may=it may come,这可能成为现实。

(25) As come it will=As it will come,因为这一定能成为现实。

(26)bear the gree;carry off the prize,赢得胜利。

(27) It's comin=It's coming,这正在变成现实。It指下行开始的That从句。

(28)brithers=brothers。



1 toils
  • It did not declare him to be still in Mrs. Dorset's toils. 这并不表明他仍陷于多赛特夫人的情网。
  • The thief was caught in the toils of law. 这个贼陷入了法网。
2 knaves
n.恶棍,无赖( knave的名词复数 );(纸牌中的)杰克
  • Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 我一日三餐都吃得很丰盛。 来自互联网
  • Knaves and robbers can obtain only what was before possessed by others. 流氓、窃贼只能攫取原先由别人占有的财富。 来自互联网
3 struts
(框架的)支杆( strut的名词复数 ); 支柱; 趾高气扬的步态; (尤指跳舞或表演时)卖弄
  • The struts are firmly braced. 那些支柱上得很牢靠。
  • The Struts + EJB framework is described in part four. 三、介绍Struts+EJB框架的技术组成:Struts框架和EJB组件技术。
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acidulae
adibendan
affidavit by process-server
allocation of common costs
antihandling
articulation (or joint)
basic fuchsin stain
BFT
boiler front tube plate
buckling of spring
byte oriented operand
canajoharie
carry completion detection circuit
cartilage cavities
carzolamide
combined vector and raster data structure
contact metamorphic belt
counter counter-offer
descriptor attribute
due dilligence
equus hemionuss
excitation voltage regulator
fabrick
Far Eastern interest clause
fire extinction equipment
fluid friction bearing
flush closedown
food company
for.
forming force
genus actiniopteriss
gerrs
Greek life
Gulf-Stream
gyphosate solution
Hadmard transmating
hands on hips
high - level language
high-pressure liquid chromatograph
highway robberies
holomelanocrate
hulver
inclusivists
incoming error
inelastic fluid
ingrudge
inhumes
kemf
Komotau
Lafarge cement
Lake Nyasa
light-weight bottle
living in the body of another animal
logopedist
long-range glide bomb
lose colour
LVCME
make blood boil
mammy markets
manufacturing installation
mcelman
memory source
myasthenia pseudoparalytica
neutral port
Oldbury upon Severn
on easy term
oral nursing
packaged electronic circuit
paill
paraphyletic group
passage for heat transfer medium
passenger-and-car liner
patient-confidentiality
penetrating radar
plexus pancreaticus
polystachys
Potentilla taronensis
regular word
robotics equipment
roof tax
Sheraton, Thomas
skirter
split short exact sequence
St. Vitus's dance
stationary phase approximation
streptocin
sunbrowned
superperiod effect
taste-goblets
taxogram
thermodiffusiophoresis
topliss
trifluoromethyl benzene
trimode
turmut
under the seal of secrecy
valve nut
velocity separator
visible alarm
warm bodies
water soluble emulsion wax
wearout