【英译中】无名氏之墓志铭 （2007-6-30 译）

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无名氏之墓志铭  
原作者：W.H.奥汀
该君：
一生清白，品行端正。
安分守己，做人实诚。
投身公益，尽己所能。
战争时期，披甲从戎。
卸甲还乡，做工谋生。
砝基（音译）电机，善始善终。
兢兢业业，顾主欢心。
早出晚归，从未怠工。
上等人缘，以酒为朋。
日日买报，敢说敢诤。
购买全险，有剧有踪。
体格强健，病历如新。
就医一次，病去无踪。
与时俱进，思想开明。
分期付款，捷足先登。
紧跟潮流，乐于尝新。
留声播放、无线收音，
以车代步，以电取冰。
思想随流，言语适中。
战时随战，和时逐平。
婚育五子，称意家庭。
教子有方，合格父亲。
君请超脱，安享天宁。
是是非非，落定尘封。  
译于2007年6月30日  
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The Unknown Citizen  
by W. H. Auden  
He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be  
One against whom there was no official complaint,  
And all the reports on his conduct agree  
That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,  
For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.  
Except for the War till the day he retired
He worked in a factory and never got fired,  
But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.  
Yet he wasn't a scab or odd in his views,  
For his Union reports that he paid his dues,  
(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)  
And our Social Psychology workers found  
That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.  
The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day  
And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way.  
Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,  
And his Health-card shows he was once in a hospital but left it cured.  
Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare  
He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan  
And had everything necessary to the Modern Man,  
A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.  
Our researchers into Public Opinion are content  
That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;  
When there was peace, he was for peace:  when there was war, he went.
He was married and added five children to the population,  
Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation.  
And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education.  
Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:  
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

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