精美英文欣赏:夏末的诗意

The Poetry of Late Summer

夏末的诗意

One has the leisure of July for perceiving all the differences of the green of leaves.

七月间，人们有余暇观察树叶绿翠的千差万别。

It is no longer a difference in degrees of maturity,for all the trees have darkened to their final tone,and stand in their differences of character and not of mere¹ date.

这不再是成熟上的差异，因为所有的树木，或转苍翠，或呈墨绿，色调均已固着定格，从而展现出来的，并非时节上的不同，而是各自品格上的差异。

Almost all the green is grave, not sad and not dull.

几乎各种绿色，品味凝重，既不流于悒郁，也不失之沉闷，

It has a darkened and a daily color,in majestic² but not obvious harmony with dark grey skies,and might look, to inconstant eyes,as prosaic³ after spring as eleven o'clock looks after the dawn.

它具有一种深沉、日常的色泽，与灰暗的苍穹浑然一体，构成庄重却非一眼可见的和谐，故而在游览扫掠的目光看来，可能会有阳春繁景过后的平淡之感。一如黎明之后11点的光景。

Gravity is the world-not solemnity as towards evening,nor menace as at night.

凝重，乃是最贴切的字眼—不是时近黄昏的阴沉，亦非黑夜之中的森然。

The daylight trees of July are signs of common beauty, common freshness,and a mystery familiar and abiding⁴ as night and day.

七月白昼的葱郁树木，体现出普通的美，常见的清新，是一种如同黑夜白昼般惯常而又永恒不变的不解之谜。

In childhood we all have a more exalted⁵ sense of dawn and summer sunrise than we ever fully⁶ retain or quite recover;

童年时代，我们看到黎明和夏天日出盛景，会油然生出一股日后无法充分保留、也难以完全恢复的奋激狂喜；

and also a far higher sensibility for April and April evenings-a heartache for them,which in riper years is gradually and irretrievably consoled.

同时，对四月和四月的日暮黄昏，还产生一种陶然忘情的欣赏共鸣—一种为之怦然心动的神驰向往，进入壮年之后，又无可挽回地逐渐淡化平息。

The poetry of mere day and of late summer becomes perceptive⁷ to mature eyes that have long ceased to be sated,have taken leave of weariness,and cannot now find anything in nature too familiar;

只有阅历丰富的慧眼，才能感受到白昼本身的夏末时令固有的诗意；这双慧眼已久未获满足矣，同时也摆脱了厌倦感，此刻发现在自然界，即使最常见的景物也另有一番情趣；

eyes which have, indeed,lost sight of the further awe⁸ of midsummer day break,and no longer see so much of the past in April twilight⁹ as they saw when they had no past;

诚然，面对仲夏红日的喷薄欲出，已不再萌发敬畏之情；凝望四月的苍茫暮色，也不会比一无阅历的童年，引发更多的联想，

but which look freshly at the dailiness of green summer,of early afternoon, of every sky of any form that comes to pass,and of the darkened elms.

然而，对司空见惯的日常景象—树木葱茏的盛夏，日过中天的午后，来而复去、变幻不定的每一片云天，还有幽暗的榆树—反倒会投以新的目光。

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。

3 prosaic   

adj.单调的，无趣的

参考例句：

• The truth is more prosaic.真相更加乏味。
• It was a prosaic description of the scene.这是对场景没有想象力的一个描述。

4 abiding   

adj.永久的，持久的，不变的

参考例句：

• He had an abiding love of the English countryside.他永远热爱英国的乡村。
• He has a genuine and abiding love of the craft.他对这门手艺有着真挚持久的热爱。

5 exalted   

adj.(地位等)高的，崇高的；尊贵的，高尚的

参考例句：

• Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
• He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 perceptive   

adj.知觉的，有洞察力的，感知的

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• He is very perceptive and nothing can be hidden from him.他耳聪目明，什么事都很难瞒住他。

8 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

9 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。