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[苑眉]

Open Windows

Sarah Teasdale

Out of the window a sea of green trees
Lift their soft boughs like the arms of a dancer;
They beckon and call me, "Come out in the sun!"
But I cannot answer.

I am alone with Weakness and Pain,
Sick abed and June is going,
I cannot keep her, she hurries by
With the silver-green of her garments blowing.

Men and women pass in the street
Glad of the shining sapphire weather,
But we know more of it than they,
Pain and I together.

They are the runners in the sun,
Breathless and blinded by the race,
But we are watchers in the shade
Who speak with Wonder face to face.


窗外

作者：莎拉·蒂斯代尔
翻译：苑眉

窗外一片绿树之海，
高举轻柔枝叶若舞者之臂膀，
召唤着我，“来吧到这日光中来！”
我却无法作出回响。

独自与虚弱痛苦相伴，
卧病在床看六月即将离去，
无法阻挡，任她匆匆而过
银绿华服随风飘舞。

街上的男女欢笑而过
为这明亮的碧蓝天气，
而我们对此应更了解，
缘痛苦与我在一起。

他们，日光下的奔跑者，
为赛事而盲目，气喘吁吁，
而我们，荫凉下的观望者，
带着惊愕谈论，面面相觑。

[烛之幽]

病态给了诗人一种“神经质”般的思维：灵敏、细微、绵密，总体是伤感的，带着淡淡的哀愁，有些顾影自怜。而这一个“愁”字，却成就了古今中外多少的千古绝唱啊！谁说“少年不识愁滋味”？

[苑眉]