【Julia美语】Hope is the thing with feathers 希望是一只小鸟

Emily Dickinson

【美】艾米莉•迪金森

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

希望是一只小鸟——

在心灵深处筑巢——

永不停息地欢唱——

没有歌词的——曲调——

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

狂风中——听来——最美妙——

那强劲的风暴——

竟要摧折——

温暖人心的小鸟——

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

在严寒地带——

在陌生海面我都曾听见——

然而它，从不，哪怕饥饿煎熬，

向我索取半点——面包屑。