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海外乡愁 - Robert Browning

O, TO be in England

啊，但愿此刻身在英格兰，

Now that April's there,

趁这四月天，

And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning, unaware,

一个早晨醒来，谁都会突然发观，

That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf

榆树四周低矮的枝条和灌木丛中

Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,

小小的嫩叶已显出一片葱茏，

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough

听那苍头燕雀正在果园里唱歌

In England—now!

在英格兰啊，在此刻!

And after April, when May follows,

四月过去，五月接踵来到，

And the white throat builds, and all the swallows!

燕子都在衔泥,白喉鸟在筑巢!

Hark, where my blossom'd pear-tree in the hedge

我园中倚向篱笆外的梨树

Leans to the field and scatters on the clover

依傍着田野，梨花带露

Blossoms and dewdrops—at the bent spray's edge

在苜蓿草上飘飘洒洒—在弯曲的枝头

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,

那是聪慧的画眉鸟，正把每一支歌都唱上两遍，

Lest you should think he never could recapture

唯恐你误认为，他再也不能捕获

The first fine careless rapture!

第一遍即兴唱出的美妙欢乐!

And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,

原野覆着白露，凄清而苍凉，

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups,

到中午一切又将喜气盎然

the little children's dower

苏醒的毛茛花是孩子们的“嫁妆”

Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!

这华而俗的甜瓜花哪儿比得上它灿烂明亮!