美国语文第四册 第174期:垂死的士兵(2)(在线收听

   "Our time is short," one faint voice said; “我们的时间不多了,”一个微弱的声音说;

  Today we've done our best on different sides: what matters now? 我们今天尽了全力,为了各自一方,现在这些还有什么意义?
  Tomorrow we shall rest! 明天我们就将休息了!
  Life lies behind. I might not care for only my own sake; 生命已逝,我在乎的不是我自己的生命;
  But far away are other hearts, 可是远方的亲人啊,
  That this day's work will break. 今天会让他们心碎。
  Among New Hampshire's snowy hills, 新罕布什尔雪山村庄里,
  There pray for me tonight, a woman, and a little girl with hair like golden light; 今晚有人会为我祷告,一个女人,和一个小女孩都长着金发。
  And at the thought, broke forth, at last, the cry of anguish wild, 想到这些,终于忍不住,失声痛哭起来,
  That would not longer be repressed, O God, my wife, my child! 这是无法抑制的——噢,神啊,我的妻子,我的孩子!
  "And," said the other dying man, “还有,”另一个垂死的士兵说,
  Across the Georgia plain, 在佐治亚州平原,
  There watch and wait for me loved one, I never shall see again: 我的爱人在等待着我:我再也看不到,
  A little girl, with dark, bright eyes, 一个小女孩,眼睛又黑又亮,
  Each day waits at the door; 每天在门边等待听到;
  Her father's step, her father's kiss, 爸爸的脚步,得到爸爸的亲吻,
  Will never greet her more. 她再也得不到这些了。
  Today we sought each other's lives: 今天我们都要了对方的生命,
  Death levels all that now; 死亡把一切抹平了;
  For soon before God's mercy seat together we shall bow. 很快在仁慈的神的面前我们会一起拜倒。
  Forgive each other while we may; 趁活着我们原谅彼此吧;
  Life's but a weary game, 生命不过是个烦恼的游戏,
  And, right or wrong, the morning sun will find us, dead, the same. 不论对错,当朝阳升起,我们都已死去,一模一样。
  The dying lips the pardon breathe; 嘴唇里互相说着原谅的话,
  The dying hands entwine; 双手牵到一起;
  The last ray fades, and over all the stars from heaven shine; 晚霞渐渐消失,天空繁星闪耀;
  And the little girl with golden hair, 而一个金发的女孩,
  And one with dark eyes bright, 和一个眼睛又黑又亮的少女,
  On Hampshire's hills, and Georgia's plain, 在新罕布什尔山区和佐治亚平原
  Were fatherless that night! 这个夜晚都没有了父亲!
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