时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之商务英语


英语课

9 The Flight of Youth 青春的飞逝

Richard Henry Stoddard 理查德·亨利·斯托达德



There are gains for all our losses.

There are balms for all our pain:

But when youth, the dream, departs(1)

It takes something from our hearts,

And it never comes again.

We are stronger, and are better,

Under manhood’s sterner reign 1:(2)

Still we feel that something sweet

Followed youth, with flying feet(3),

And will never come again.

Something beautiful is vanished,

And we sigh for it in vain;

We behold 2 it everywhere(4),

On the earth, and in the air,

But it never comes again !(5)



中文译文:

我们失去的一切都能得到补偿,

我们所有的痛苦都能得到安慰,

可是梦境似的青春一旦消逝,

它带走了我们心中某种美好的事物,

从此一去不复返回。

严峻的成年生活将我们驱使,

我们变得日益刚强、更臻完美,

可是依然感到某种甜美的东西,

已随着青春飞逝,

永不再返回。

美好的东西已经消失,

我们枉自为此叹息,

虽然在天地之间,

我们到处能看见青春的魅力,

可是它永不再返回!



英文注释:

(1)when youth, the dream,departs: 时间状语从句。句中dream是youth的同位语,诗人把"青春"比作"梦"。

(2) Under manhood’s sterner reign: 在成年时代较严峻的治理下。意即,成年时代人们不能再象在青春时代那样陶醉在美梦之中了。

(3) with flying feet: 以飞快的脚步,飞速地。

(4) behold it everywhere: behold=see,看到(文学用语),it=something beautiful。下一行中的on the earth和in the air进一步说明everywhere。

(5) But it never comes again! 指的是对个人来说,青春一去不复返;与前面behold it everywhere相对照,抒发了诗人惆怅惋惜的心情。

 



1 reign
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势
  • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
  • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
2 behold
v.看,注视,看到
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
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