精美英文欣赏:水仙之歌

The daffodils

水仙之歌

I wandered lonely as a cloud

我独游于天际，如一朵流云

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

凌空于谷峰，飘然然悠闲。

When all at once I saw a crowd,

忽地，我看见了一群，

A host, of golden daffodils;

一簇簇金黄色的水仙；

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

看—在树之荫，湖之缘，

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

在微风中，她们舞姿翩翩。

Continuous as the stars that shine

她们似银河星钻，连延不断，

And twinkle on the milky¹ way,

碧银银，闪闪发光，

They stretched in never-ending line

沿着湖湾的水缘线，

Along the margin² of a bay:

伸向无穷无尽的远方：

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

一瞥去便是一万朵，

Tossing their heads in sprightly³ dance.

轻舞中花首频颠簸。

The waves beside them danced; but they

波光里的涟漪也舞弄清影，却

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

怎比得水仙的欢快；

A poet could not but be gay,

伴有这等喜悦，

In such a jocund⁴ company:

诗人如何不快！

I gazed-and gazed-but little thought

我—久久凝视—但毫无答复，

What wealth the show to me had brought:

可知这景致给予我多少财富：

For oft, when on my couch I lie

每当我久卧不眠，

In vacant or in pensive⁵ mood,

心绪空荡，或忧思难抱，

They flash upon that inward eye

她们便闪现在心田，

Which is the bliss⁶ of solitude⁷;

正如寂寥中的光照；

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

于是我的心儿满溢着欢畅，

And dances with the daffodils.

同这群水仙起舞歌唱！

1 milky   

adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的

参考例句：

• Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
• I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。

2 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

3 sprightly   

adj.愉快的，活泼的

参考例句：

• She is as sprightly as a woman half her age.她跟比她年轻一半的妇女一样活泼。
• He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.他这把年纪了，还这么精神，真了不起。

4 jocund   

adj.快乐的，高兴的

参考例句：

• A poet could not but be gay in such a jocund company.一个诗人在这种兴高采烈的同伴中自然而然地会快乐。
• Her jocund character made her the most popular girl in the county.她快乐的个性使她成为这个郡最受欢迎的女孩。

5 pensive   

a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的

参考例句：

• He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。

6 bliss   

n.狂喜，福佑，天赐的福

参考例句：

• It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
• He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴，因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。

7 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。