英语美文背诵 爱复爱

Love after Love by Derek Walcott

爱复爱 德里克·沃尔科特

The time will come

这样的时刻将会来临：

when, with elation¹

你得意洋洋地

you will greet yourself arriving at your own door,

站在自家门口，

in your own mirror

照着镜子,迎接自我的到来

and each will smile at the other's welcome,

以微笑欢迎彼此，

and say, sit here. Eat.

并说道，坐这儿。吃吧。

You will love again the stranger who was your self.

你将会再次爱上这个陌生人—从前的自己。

Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself,

斟满美酒，递上面包，把心交还其身，

to the stranger who has loved you all your life,

给那一辈子爱着你的陌生人。

whom you ignored for another,

你曾因为他人而忽略了他，

who knows you by heart.

他却打心底里懂你。

Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

从书架上取下那些情书、

the photographs, the desperate notes,

照片以及绝望的字条，

peel your own image from the mirror.

从镜中剥去自己的形象。

Sit. Feast² on your life.

坐下。尽享你的生活。

1 elation   

n.兴高采烈，洋洋得意

参考例句：

• She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.最终实现了抱负，她显得十分高兴。
• His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.他的支持者听到那条消息后兴高采烈。

2 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！