【英诗鉴赏】I Hear America Singing

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I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman


I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat--the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench--the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter's song--the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning,
or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother--or of the young wife at work--or of the girl sewing or washing--Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day--At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.

Toyger

我听见美国在歌唱

　　我听见美国在歌唱，我听见各种各样的歌，
　　那些机械工人的歌，每个人都唱着他那理所当然地快乐而又雄伟的歌，
　　木匠一面衡量着他的木板或房梁，一面唱着他的歌，
　　泥水匠在准备开始工作或离开工作的时候唱着他的歌，
　　船夫在他的船上唱着属于他的歌，舱面水手在汽船甲板上唱歌，
　　鞋匠坐在他的凳子上唱歌，做帽子的人站着唱歌，
　　伐木者的砍，牵引耕畜的孩子在早晨、午休或日落时走在路上唱的歌，
　　母亲或年轻的妻子在工作时，或者姑娘在缝纫或洗衣裳时甜美地唱着的歌，
　　每个人都唱着属于他或她而不属于任何其他人的歌，
　　白天唱着属于白天的歌——晚上这一群体格健壮、友好相处的年轻小伙子，
　　就放开嗓子唱起他们那雄伟而又悦耳的歌。

　　邹绛 译