【双语有声阅读】我听见美洲在歌唱 I Hear America Singing

I Hear America Singing — Walt Whitman

 

我听见美洲在歌唱——沃尔特·惠特曼

 

I hear America singing, the varied¹ carols I hear.

 

我听见美洲在歌唱，我听见各种不同的颂歌

Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe² and strong,

机器匠在歌唱着，他们每人歌唱着他的愉快而强健的歌，

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank³ or beam,

木匠在歌唱着，一边比量着他的木板或梁木，

The mason singing his as he makes ready for work,or leaves off work,

泥瓦匠在歌唱着，当他准备工作或停止工作的时候，

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,

船家歌唱着他船里所有的一切，水手在汽艇的甲板上歌唱着，

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,

鞋匠坐在他的工作凳上歌唱，帽匠歌唱着，站在那里工作，

The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning,

伐木者、犁田青年们歌唱着，当他们每天早晨走在路上，或者午问歇息，

or at noon intermission or at sundown,

或到了日落的时候，

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work,

我更听到母亲的美妙的歌，正在操作的年轻的妻子们的歌

or of the girl sewing or washing,

或缝衣或洗衣的女孩子们的歌

Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,

每人歌唱属于他或她而不是属于任何别人的一切，

The day what belongs to the day--at night the party of young fellows, robust⁴, friendly,

白昼歌唱白昼所有的，晚间，强壮而友爱的青年们的集会，

Singing with open mouths their strong melodious⁵ songs.

张嘴唱着他们的强健而和谐的歌。

1 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

2 blithe   

adj.快乐的，无忧无虑的

参考例句：

• Tonight,however,she was even in a blithe mood than usual.但是，今天晚上她比往常还要高兴。
• He showed a blithe indifference to her feelings.他显得毫不顾及她的感情。

3 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

4 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

5 melodious   

adj.旋律美妙的，调子优美的，音乐性的

参考例句：

• She spoke in a quietly melodious voice.她说话轻声细语，嗓音甜美。
• Everybody was attracted by her melodious voice.大家都被她悦耳的声音吸引住了。