From Song of Myself

From Song of Myself

自我之歌(选段)

Walt Whitman 沃尔特·惠特曼

(美国文坛最伟大的诗人之一，有自由诗之父美誉)

I think I could turn and live a while with the animals

我想我可以和这些动物们一起住一段时间

They are so placid and self-contained,

它们是如此的温和,自给自足，

I stand and look at them sometimes half the daylong.

有时候我可以大半天站着观察它们。

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,

动物们不为自己的处境烦恼和哀鸣，

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.

不会躺在黑暗中彻夜不眠，为自己的罪孽流泪。

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God

动物们不会谈论他们对上主的义务而令我作呕

Not one is dissatisfied

所有动物都是满足的

Not one is demented with the mania of owning things,

也没有哪种动物为满足自己的占有欲而发狂

Not one kneels to another,

没有谁向谁屈尊下跪,

Nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.

或是盲目崇拜着他们几年前的祖先

Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth.

也没有哪种动物是超乎一切的最可敬的或是最勤劳的。

音乐：Promise 《寂静岭2》