美国语文第五册第201期:遗产(2)（打印版）

　　A heritage, it seems to me, a king might wish to hold in fee. 遗产，似乎对我来说，强者，希望永远拥有他的所有。

　　What doth the poor man's son inherit? 穷人子弟，继承什么？

　　A patience learned of being poor, 安于贫困忧患，面容坚毅，

　　Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it, 应对各种变故，宠辱不惊，

　　A fellow-feeling that is sure to make the outcast bless his door; 身处逆境，心系他人冷暖，心地善良，援手弱势群体；

　　A heritage, it seems to me, 遗产，似乎对我来说，

　　A king might wish to hold in fee. 强者，希望永远拥有他的所有。

　　O rich man's son! there is a toil that with all others level stands: 哦，富家子弟的抉择，岂非金钱，便能全部应对？

　　Large charity doth never soil, 诸恶莫做，悲悯众生，

　　But only whiten soft, white hands, 扎实低调地行事做人，

　　This is the best crop from thy lands; 最好收获，来自庇阴的土地。

　　A heritage, it seems to me, worth being rich to hold in fee. 遗产，似乎对我来说，富人，值得永远拥有他的所有。

　　O poor man's son! scorn not thy state; 哦，穷家子弟，莫轻视自己，

　　There is worse weariness than thine in merely being rich and great: 那些，有钱人或大人物，与你相比，更为纠结焦虑，

　　Toil only gives the soul to shine, 磨难，让心灵熠熠生辉，

　　And makes rest fragrant and benign; 苦酒，最终酿成芬芳四溢，

　　A heritage, it seems to me, worth being poor to hold in fee. 遗产，似乎对我来说，穷人，值得永远拥有他的所有。

　　Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, 富人穷人，最终皈依一抔黄土，

　　Are equal in the earth at last; 地狱门口，等级不再具有意义，

　　Both, children of the same dear God, 芸芸众生，沐浴在圣父光辉下，

　　Prove title to your heirship vast 见证自己，天赋的神圣权利，

　　By record of a well-filled past; 充实的人生，记录真实，

　　A heritage, it seems to me, 遗产，似乎对我来说，

　　Well worth a life to hold in fee. 永远值得，拥有生命本质的所有。