美国语文第五册 第246期:天使
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：美国语文第五册
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Gay, guiltless pair, 同性恋男人，好一对清纯妙人，
What seek ye from the fields of heaven? 天国辽阔， 你们在寻找什么？
Ye have no need of prayer, 当然，你们无需祷告，
Ye have no sins to be forgiven. 原本清白，更无宽恕可言。
Why perch 1 ye here, 为什么，你们栖息这里，
Where mortals to their Maker 2 bend? 凡胎肉躯，为何要向上帝赎罪？
Can your pure spirits fear The God ye never could offend? 难道说，纯粹爱恋让天主恐惧，那位，你们未曾冒犯的天神？
Ye never knew The crimes for which we come to weep; 你们不知，我们前来哭泣的罪恶，你们并非，我们百般纠结的缘由，
Penance 3 is not for you, 祝福的人儿，御风而去，
Blessed wanderers of the upper deep. 那些身影，早已绝尘高远。
To you’t is given 永恒之光，唤醒你的内心
To wake sweet Nature’s untaught lays; 深如天然歌声，率真本性，
Beneath the arch of heaven 云天浩渺，圣殿拱门下，
To chirp 4 away a life of praise. 鸟声啁啾飞走， 赞美生命。
Then spread each wing, 接着，展开每一道翅膀，
Far, far above, o’er lakes and lands, 振翼高飞，越过海洋大地，
And join the choirs 5 that sing In yon blue dome 6 not reared with hands. 应合着， 那些天籁之韵，飞进弯庐，见证恢宏的奇迹。
Or, if ye stay To note the consecrated 7 hour, 或者你们，盘桓于天空，目睹，那一神性时刻的到来，
Teach me the airy way, 教会我，恣意快乐地飞翔，
And let me try your envied power. 让我尝试令人钦羡的力量。
Above the crowd, On upward wings could I but fly, 人群之上，凡尘之上，我无以所能，唯有乘风直上，
I’d bathe in yon bright cloud, 我向往，远方亮丽云朵下沐浴，
And seek the stars that gem 8 the sky. 细数无尽，天空的繁星神秘。
’T were Heaven indeed, 诚然，穿越那些人迹罕至
Through fields of trackless light to soar, 光的原野，穿越神奇未知，
On Nature’s charms to feed, 生命本能的充满魔咒勃发，
And Nature’s own great God adore. 连上帝也膜拜，人性高贵的灵动。
n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于
- The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
- Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。
n.制造者，制造商
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
n.（赎罪的）惩罪
- They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
- She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。
v.(尤指鸟)唧唧喳喳的叫
- The birds chirp merrily at the top of tree.鸟儿在枝头欢快地啾啾鸣唱。
- The sparrows chirp outside the window every morning.麻雀每天清晨在窗外嘁嘁喳喳地叫。
n.教堂的唱诗班( choir的名词复数 )；唱诗队；公开表演的合唱团；（教堂）唱经楼
- They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners. 她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂、牧师、唱诗班和教区居民。 来自飘（部分）
- Since 1935, several village choirs skilled in this music have been created. 1935以来，数支熟练掌握这种音乐的乡村唱诗班相继建立起来。 来自互联网
n.圆屋顶，拱顶
- The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
- They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
adj.神圣的，被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣，给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 )；奉献
- The church was consecrated in 1853. 这座教堂于1853年祝圣。
- They consecrated a temple to their god. 他们把庙奉献给神。 来自《简明英汉词典》