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??To The Men Of England 致英国人 -Percy Bysshe Shelley 雪莱
??译/猎人hunter560 (2009年4月5日 星期日)
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??Men of England, wherefore plough
??For the lords who lay ye low?
??Wherefore weave with toil and care
??The rich robes your tyrants wear?
??英国人,为何给老爷
??犁地,他们却看不起你?
??为何辛苦细心织布
??给暴君做华服丽衣?
??Wherefore feed and clothe and save,
??From the cradle to the grave,
??Those ungrateful drones who would
??Drain your sweat -- nay, drink your blood?
??为什么要喂养、服侍、保护
??他们,从摇篮到坟墓,
??那些忘恩负义的雄蜂会耗尽
??你们的汗水—不,喝尽你们的鲜血?
??Wherefore, Bees of England, forge
??Many a weapon, chain, and scourge,
??That these stingless drones may spoil
??The forced produce of your toil?
??为何,英格兰的蜜蜂,铸、造
??大量的武器、镣铐和皮鞭,
??这些无刺的雄蜂可能会毁坏
??你们被迫辛劳的生产。
??Have ye leisure, comfort, calm,
??Shelter, food, love's gentle balm?
??Or what is it ye buy so dear
??With your pain and with your fear?
??你们是否有过悠闲、安逸、平静,
??住所、食物和爱人温柔的亲近?
??抑或你们用如此高昂的代价
??换来的痛苦和恐惧到底是什么?
??The seed ye sow another reaps;
??The wealth ye find another keeps;
??The robes ye weave another wears;
??The arms ye forge another bears.
??你们播的种子别人收获;
??你们找到的财富别人占有;
??你们织造衣服别人穿着;
??你们铸造的武器别人持有。
??Sow seed, -- but let no tyrant reap;
??Find wealth, -- let no imposter heap;
??Weave robes, -- let not the idle wear;
??Forge arms, in your defence to bear.
??播种,--但不让暴君收获;
??寻宝,--但不让税官收缴;
??织袍,--但不让懒汉穿着;
??铸造武器,用来自卫抗暴。
??Shrink to your cellars, holes, and cells;
??In halls ye deck another dwells.
??Why shake the chains ye wrought? Ye see
??The steel ye tempered glance on ye.
??你们佝偻在地窖、洞穴和牢监;
??却在巨厦里装饰别人的房间。
??为什么摇晃你们锻造的镣铐?你们看
??你们铸造的钢铁正向你们发光闪闪。
??With plough and spade and hoe and loom,
??Trace your grave, and build your tomb,
??And weave your winding-sheet, till fair
??England be your sepulchre!
??用耕犁、铲锹、织机和铁锄,
??描绘你们的坟,建造你们的墓,
??编织你们的裹尸布,直到
??美丽的英格兰成为你们的坟墓。
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