艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望

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艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望　　Hope was but a timid friend;
　　希望只是个羞怯的友伴，
) M! {9 l4 Y3 N( _, \　　She sat without the grated den,
　　她坐在我的囚牢之外，
9 x7 Y) N# o' V; Q$ i  V  i　　Watching how my fate would tend,
0 c3 T) j( H3 h1 p　　以自私者的冷眼旁观
　　Even as selfish-hearted men.
( g; O2 B7 Q. C; G! A　　观察我的命运的好歹。
　　She was cruel in her fear;
- t7 K# }4 P% K  X6 l　　她因胆怯而如此冷酷。
. A  f) U. ?* `' b! Y, d& V　　Through the bars one weary day,
# D  v+ g8 Q1 s& |　　郁闷的一天，我透过铁栏，
2 w7 y3 I( Y1 a: ]9 [& s; v6 ]　　I looked out to see her there,
2 h( L* I6 p6 t! X, Y　　想看到我的希望的面目，
　　And she turned her face away!
8 L3 ^: \5 j9 D9 }8 C　　却见她立即背转了脸!
　　Like a false guard, false watch keeping,
　　像一个假看守在假意监视，
　　Still in strife, she whispered peace;
* u7 [' t3 S" S　　一面敌对一面又暗示和平;
. y1 D7 G) u+ P8 X  m　　She would sing while I was weeping,
" A. q, A! \/ v- B. E, c8 f　　当我哀泣时她吟唱歌词，
　　If I listened, she would cease.
3 ^- _, j: R' l) a9 K0 M8 n　　当我静听她却噤口无声。
　　False she was, and unrelenting;
　　她心如铁石而且虚假。
　　When my last joys strewed the ground,
　　当我最后的欢乐落英遍地，
# n) o# S1 H( F9 s3 i　　Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
9 q; ^! M2 k$ c9 N+ S' c- K9 `' R; P　　见此悲惨的遗物四处抛撒
　　Those sad relics scattered round;
( U- G; h0 }: c/ x8 F　　就连“哀愁”也遗憾不已;
' c- U% ]% E  l9 y- k7 r6 j　　Hope, whose whisper would have given
　　而希望，她本来能悄悄耳语
　　Balm to all my frenzied pain,
4 O! R: _* m$ I% `　　为痛苦欲狂者搽膏止痛，
% B$ T3 }; n& Q" m" b　　Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
- C  p# j- w' B: f　　却伸展双翼向天堂飞去，
　　Went, and ne'er returned again!
　　一去不回，从此不见影踪。
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