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弗罗斯特经典诗歌双语赏析:星星破裂者 You know Orien always comes up sideways.
- s: e7 T' t) Q( O Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains,
: E/ L9 S* ^; W And rising on his hands, he looks in on me4 [6 c$ j, s+ A) {- `) ^
Busy outdoors by lantern-light with something
+ Z/ c- G. c2 P4 V$ B I should have done by daylight, and indeed,
6 o# r5 G2 ~* v" c+ v After the ground is frozen, I should have done
% W9 e* J0 R, D9 T$ R1 I- Q Before it froze, and a gust flings a handful
* ]4 Q8 U( c+ F3 S Of waste leaves at my smoky lantern chimney5 f4 {6 N2 ]/ s0 o
To make fun of my way of doing things,
5 e2 g: W; G3 \- ]: y7 t Or else fun of Orion's having caught me.( Q+ s$ p# s2 L
Has a man, I should like to ask, no rights: `+ { ?3 ^3 U* ]3 P! s( e
These forces are obliged to pay respect to?"
" \- l8 W1 E* M, H [ So Brad McLaughlin mingled reckless talk8 i) k( t7 b/ m' d
Of heavenly stars with hugger-mugger farming,
* A% N0 s& y" I5 r" u5 K' ^, f+ P Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming,
) K! I" i4 f2 g: \, D He burned his house down for the fire insurance
0 u: r# w! c/ V. z# v And spent the proceeds on a telescope# [* y4 q: U# w1 a
To satisfy a life-long curiosity' z/ a# Y. V" h& I% @3 M
About our place among the infinities.2 B& |1 j0 d' _8 C2 q6 f( C
"What do you want with one of those blame things?"* }, R. F1 E4 b7 N1 |+ O
I asked him well beforehand. "Don't you get one!"
+ x+ ^% B; ^1 T0 R# @) N7 u "Don't call it blamed; there isn't anything
4 f$ W' x1 p% S8 o8 _) z5 x0 z8 i More blameless in the sense of being less
4 g7 k& n E/ c( S/ I: V A weapon in our human fight," he said.) p7 @0 ?* a/ `0 ]: n0 [9 ~; I
"I'll have one if I sell my farm to buy it."- V3 y4 g) s+ a
There where he moved the rocks to plow the ground
; J' A6 S: }8 T" A- X; r And plowed between the rocks he couldn't move,& F, i E% W0 G1 W
Few farms changed hands; so rather than spend years% m6 z9 ~2 F- Z
Trying to sell his farm and then not selling,
# d( G) ^! Z8 `5 P2 k+ S He burned his house down for the fire insurance1 H/ T1 E( j. T; Y! ^. Q
And bought the telescope with what it came to.
+ I" k! E `, V& ~2 S9 f5 H+ ] He had been heard to say by several:5 P/ D: P. W( [: E+ q$ ?
"The best thing that we're put here for's to see;# x: ?$ I8 x2 y/ V$ v3 a) [3 y
The strongest thing that's given us to see with's
$ o; P& p- T$ b$ D A telescope. Someone in every town
) m8 @0 i7 J+ k- m; |' ~( ] Seems to me owes it to the town to keep one.: C0 r8 a+ b M5 _! {
In Littleton it may as well be me."
! z+ Z1 G6 B, V. z After such loose talk it was no surprise7 d0 i2 B# S- M! g1 i- ^
When he did what he did and burned his house down.
* z- w" v+ v% @& Q$ r- Y Mean laughter went about the town that day/ Y/ I4 Q. |" u) e- I
To let him know we weren't the least imposed on,0 Y: f) C% }& n; N
And he could wait--we'd see to him to-morrow.; A. _2 Q; \) l$ z% e1 j
But the first thing next morning we reflected
2 {, r- }+ S% j I8 z, u- _ If one by one we counted people out
% s1 J7 F0 t; }' N# U9 A For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long
2 ^# D) D3 d) n/ L0 U To get so we had no one left to live with.
8 A+ z; x P( l0 _ For to be social is to be forgiving.1 k% Z9 K$ T, N' c$ T! A1 r! s
Our thief, the one who does our stealing from us,
% ]7 L9 P/ C, Y9 R. t# P We don't cut off from coming to church suppers,
; U% [/ i3 F) E2 t But what we miss we go to him and ask for.( _- [+ u6 u+ i# p" d" s$ I
He promptly gives it back, that is if still# Y; g- R! b, J" F5 a7 u
Uneaten, unworn out, or undisposed of.
6 A3 o6 H. b' R! d, }. M$ e2 s It wouldn't do to be too hard on Brad
" {3 V1 P8 m8 I About his telescope. Beyond the age
& S- J( n0 D7 K5 } j0 G( }$ k Of being given one's gift for Christmas,[1]
4 p5 M' R- K& P) a+ v1 J y He had to take the best way he knew how
1 i5 F1 {/ z# c& T: \3 x To find himself in one. Well, all we said was" l% B% c$ ~9 a9 H1 h. N
He took a strange thing to be roguish over.
* O! H6 d7 @! a/ a4 `1 R5 o Some sympathy was wasted on the house,' c5 {5 `+ n3 v% f" h* Y# @
A good old-timer dating back along;
& _9 k8 B- K- } n& g But a house isn't sentient; the house
; x1 e2 R: o' _& h7 _ Didn't feel anything. And if it did,5 v7 P- I/ u0 e( v
Why not regard it as a sacrifice,
X+ l: \; B1 A And an old-fashioned sacrifice by fire,' w# l/ X/ Y3 N9 m/ Q% g
Instead of a new-fashioned one at auction?
0 g, @$ D- W* S! j Out of a house and so out of a farm
( L- {/ ^% i+ M/ g' | At one stroke (of a match), Brad had to turn; t7 X, o ?4 _/ k0 W+ j1 z
To earn a living on the Concord railroad,# x& S/ l4 q, k, l5 F1 \
As under-ticket-agent at a station; D% b- S* X. T
Where his job, when he wasn't selling tickets,% n0 A) a/ K. y# F( n
Was setting out up track and down, not plants8 Y: V0 z# A: Q [5 d% Q
As on a farm, but planets, evening stars% h: U+ R/ i2 I, {) j6 C* e7 X5 \/ v
That varied in their hue from red to green.
0 s1 Z" o* P+ ?1 w& D ~/ Q* O4 Y He got a good glass for six hundred dollars.7 s3 u( l* g# T' U# a& a
His new job gave him leisure for star-gazing.
+ d2 ?$ J2 m7 a8 \ Often he bid me come and have a look5 R- _. z5 O5 p8 K
Up the brass barrel, velvet black inside,
U4 M9 p+ ~! d2 B. u. s At a star quaking in the other end.
5 o# O0 h4 @5 j0 J) I8 L, f ? I recollect a night of broken clouds
/ [1 M# T3 [# X# Q And underfoot snow melted down to ice,
2 A+ A& B+ w, e8 ~3 U! S+ g. r And melting further in the wind to mud.6 ~/ L, J7 ~% u$ i$ T
Bradford and I had out the telescope.9 s3 m7 y' B" ^& m
We spread our two legs as it spread its three,, _+ q# p% ^+ v3 [) D, b
Pointed our thoughts the way we pointed it,
, Y! j; q# P3 G5 J& g0 w5 P And standing at our leisure till the day broke,
: s- K8 w( c- \, I Said some of the best things we ever said.$ i" j( Y. e9 f I& k! X4 s, a+ w
That telescope was christened the Star-splitter,9 |2 I) Y' ]" g7 \8 f" x5 a5 P
Because it didn't do a thing but split
, `* t9 w* I3 S% Q- U A star in two or three the way you split
( K' J% Z7 j; @& H3 }& R0 Z A globule of quicksilver in your hand5 b7 ^3 J1 a. l- F
With one stroke of your finger in the middle.
* Q; \3 R6 z6 i: Y& J0 T It's a star-splitter if there ever was one# D& v* M% D( L4 G, z8 [, u, ~
And ought to do some good if splitting stars
! E$ s9 F: n5 V. a; Z! k! G" z- Q 'Sa thing to be compared with splitting wood.
9 h! E# R- V& E, \3 ` We've looked and looked, but after all where are we?
G2 V7 @4 l8 Z. ?' |2 R; m; i/ d Do we know any better where we are,
2 P& T* L q* M9 G And how it stands between the night to-night" B {( B9 @4 e7 M' g
And a man with a smoky lantern chimney?. j9 b: K# x: @
How different from the way it ever stood?
# s. |" i: D2 A. ` [1]Of being given one for Christmas gift
1 w9 e3 |2 D! C% l$ N 星星破裂者
/ |! y* l) l K" g" Q: j “你知道猎户座经常从路头上来。+ t' P" S8 \) g1 w9 t* B; v* E
先是一条腿穿过我们栅栏似的群山,
" n4 g; n0 a6 C. H4 j" ]% v- r- e& R% ` 然后升起手臂,它看着我- ~8 k, n5 N4 L, ]3 M5 d( M
用灯笼光在户外忙碌于某些
/ b4 X) U/ h+ O: z( X 我该在白天完成的( x+ x. a0 Y: u0 ^, P- M
什么事情。确实,
8 F: j# ~3 Z* I: w0 u' Q 大地结冻后,我则是做它结冻5 J4 E2 F+ v% c
之前应完成的,阵风将一些
' [$ U/ d) t4 k9 {% P% } 无用的落叶丢进我冒烟的& W) X' u+ y+ [! K5 u
灯罩,取笑我所做事情的方式,7 ]1 r9 Z8 [0 {) \; I+ K
或取笑猎户座让我着迷了。4 O7 A- J f+ ]
我应该问问,一个人,难道
2 G! K5 W, I& D- y( |( m# X. j 没有权利关心这些冥冥的影响力?”
N4 l6 z1 _- ~# d, N6 ]$ S 那么布雷·麦克罗林轻率地把
7 O ?( C! [- `$ {! }" [/ p 空中的星星与杂乱的农事混合,0 E+ D6 ^% G9 n4 y/ X- \
直到不再做那杂乱的农事,% }& j+ t8 H( W4 p
他为着火灾保险金将房子全部烧毁了
' U$ V3 S9 Y4 K3 z4 k2 _0 l6 z 然后用得来的钱买了台望远镜4 a, w. J; |6 V$ N1 E9 m m& v
以此满足我们在无穷宇宙之中4 [7 G" f, D/ E
所在之地里的——毕生好奇心。+ E! T& \! W1 N1 B
“你想要那该死的东西干什么?”
$ t2 V& ?8 g% }' T& x 我预先问他,“你不是有一个!”# E9 ]% p$ j0 h |
“不要把它叫该死;没有什么
% _; T# U$ y+ U Q7 d# R& @. {* P 比起在我们人类打斗中所用的武器 v( E# M9 ^" P2 e1 ^5 Z5 @/ Y
更为无过失,”他说,& O4 b$ p B2 r
“如果我卖掉农场我就要买一个。”
8 n8 `9 k. @' Z 在那里他为着耕地而搬走了石块
6 C; @; V$ a+ t5 v; X1 Z6 p 且在他所不能搬动的石块之间耕着,
2 I# I6 ~0 f# Z2 C 农场几乎不好转手;他花费了时间
! }4 O$ u- Z/ M1 |7 s 想卖掉自己的农场却卖不掉,
2 a& u% I7 M) E( P$ q3 _! M 他便为着火灾保险将房子全部烧毁% e e* b6 C2 a5 c" l0 i! W
然后用所得的买了台望远镜。( r- r/ d% ^* s+ c5 Y9 G
有几个人都听他这样说:* b$ I+ C5 E0 u2 n3 S; y& Z* G1 m
“在我们这儿最美的事就是观看;) J$ H. L, V: t5 H) h- z" }, J
最让我们看得远的东西就是7 J. e9 A: Q& \% K
望远镜。似乎每个城镇都应该 B& [8 V# B3 J- B+ q4 i% L) g
有人,来给城镇弄到一个。
) S" B0 f. S" {" e. m 在利特尔顿的人还是我最好。”7 J: u' v; H3 e) t
在这样大开口后他烧毁了自己的房子4 f0 v: r% A4 f \: m) o2 R ~
并且做了他想做的,这实在没什么惊奇。
5 x4 l" i5 n9 ^2 _ 可那天冷笑声在城镇里四处走动 u( s% B z0 S" f$ ^
而让他知道我们一点也没受骗,
0 ^" V E) f6 T8 ~7 v 他就等着吧——我们明天要注意他。" K9 N+ {! N* J5 J
但第二天早晨我们首先所想的 B3 V9 M' J3 O- ?2 E0 w0 s
就是一个人最小的过失,
x8 o0 i d: d4 |& i 若是我们一个接一个地数点,7 A, R' N4 D0 V! a r8 J. x+ @; |
那么很快我们就会形只影单。
/ `% {+ M v! @ P3 H% J7 g 因为要彼此来往就要变得仁慈。
% ` L0 `0 N" ~ i 我们的盗贼,那个从我们那里偷窃的,1 w9 ~9 c, f% K' ~
我们没有拒绝他来教堂参加圣餐仪式," T, z6 z: Z: P
但为着所丢失的我们会到他那里去索取。2 S5 i0 X# D4 ^, o `
如若东西依然没被吃,没有弄坏,
" H% b* w% u' h, Q3 s 或者没有处理掉,他会迅速地将它归还。
+ Y; Q! ^* T' t h 所以不要因为布雷的望远镜* S% Y4 Z2 s+ |: a
而对他太刻薄。毕竟他超过了
H5 N3 |2 f. R9 w% B/ a 得到这样一份圣诞礼物的年龄,
1 ^* |& j. b9 _* v- l7 Y- A# w 他要用自己所知道的最好方法: w0 ~7 s* G& ?5 f C6 C' U: d
给自己提供一个。好,我们所要说的就是5 \, q0 b J2 z0 I4 e
他以为这件奇怪的事情已蒙混过关。
) s1 ~; A, E: i) o' [& T1 | 有人将同情浪费在了那房屋上,+ m; P4 R7 I' |3 S5 X K. `
是一幢不错的古老的原木房屋;( g7 | [8 S+ ]% w; I
但它没有感情;房屋不会
, d1 S: m8 @ r. q' b 有任何感觉。如果它有,
3 r6 ?% I! m3 k. x( v% i 为什么不把当看作如同祭品一样的呢,6 G& g- v0 }3 I2 \; Y
一个过时的火祭,' Q$ N6 R' u* N$ Z( T8 d" X' e: D
取代了新式的亏本拍卖?
* {' p7 }; Y9 ` l1 D/ G$ x 在房屋外面同样在农场外面
- \7 m6 o3 i s8 J9 r 一划(一根火柴),布雷转到
+ l$ z1 X7 [) O1 y9 Z 了要靠在康科德铁路谋生,
}; u4 H$ \% U- q! [ 例如在他工作车站的地下. n; k7 ^# [4 `; `$ ?1 w
做车票代理,当他不卖车票了,
7 V1 ?+ B2 y# @9 N6 K 他就开始到处追看星星,不像是
$ Z# e+ b& I+ j) b' z7 I 在农场上忙碌,而是追看行星,晚星9 n5 g# S/ ~1 R \0 D3 g: Q. `
从红色到绿色地改变着颜色。
* ?6 |0 P6 ^7 a( I 他用六百美元得到了个好镜子。
* u, W2 V+ `: d: J% B 新工作给了他注视星星的空闲。
% W: G a( Y0 C' S 他经常欢迎我来看一看7 Y }( _+ d }; p$ {- k6 A
那黄铜色的圆筒,内面是柔软的黑色, ^ p! z* x: d9 i' j# x' R
另一端对着星星震动着。/ c! S( S* Z4 w% P2 m
我回想了一晚上那破裂的云朵
1 O6 a9 ]) K; G/ O A/ i( L1 k 和在脚下融化成冰的雪花,
& `1 I4 k3 Q; f. W- R' C9 z 在风中更远地融化成了泥土。
* C" K) k+ P0 [+ z% G, R 布拉德福和我一起用着望远镜。
9 H' C, S( S8 [; z) ~ 我们伸展开双脚如同伸展开它的三根支架,. x, Y3 i+ L5 Q( a- I
让我们的想法对着它所对着的方向,
; K7 \2 c$ n/ H: X% h% ? 在空闲时间中站立直到黎明到来,
) G4 Q. H! j( r" C/ b 并谈着那些我们从来没有说过的事情。
% j7 A9 C! o4 Q: C+ k 那望远镜被命名为星星破裂者,
3 v& Y( b5 v0 g H# t8 C) G5 B 因为它除了使星星如同
- Q3 S) F" }7 i+ P8 \8 {/ k% F 在你手中的水银小球一样
* d5 V U& R- E+ U( t# _ 从中间裂开而分成
/ k `9 G. _7 S+ C2 ] 两三块以外,它不做任何事情。
& H, U+ u: N0 a# F5 x 如果曾经存在的话它就是星星破裂者( a) @' n, Q0 O. X
若破裂星星是件可以与砍木材
6 M9 P) X8 T: [ 相比较的事情那它也应算做了些好事。
3 u: j* i4 }6 v5 C+ E 我们看了又看,但我们终究在哪里?
% D$ w# e! {# o5 j" {- |0 R 我们能更好地知道我们在哪里吗,
; {# I: D4 L. G1 O/ v% E 它今晚是怎样立在夜晚
, G* Y9 ]" p$ D6 S 和那有着冒烟灯笼的灯罩之间?* w/ f" E9 o3 ~) Z5 m7 E9 C1 X! x
与它曾经的站立方式会有多大有变化?
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