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，
　　She sat without the grated den,
. z; {2 [( g% H& J　　她坐在我的囚牢之外，
　　Watching how my fate would tend,
　　以自私者的冷眼旁观
　　Even as selfish-hearted men.
　　观察我的命运的好歹。
　　She was cruel in her fear;
7 C0 T3 h0 A1 y1 N5 V8 X" k/ [　　她因胆怯而如此冷酷。
' C0 D' Q' Q! j2 a　　Through the bars one weary day,
9 N0 p6 A% G0 H6 O! x. Y! T5 c　　郁闷的一天，我透过铁栏，
　　I looked out to see her there,
　　想看到我的希望的面目，
( i9 C+ X; U( ?8 x2 _$ I) r  ^　　And she turned her face away!
　　却见她立即背转了脸!
$ `1 c  z# [% p　　Like a false guard, false watch keeping,
　　像一个假看守在假意监视，
7 [" S" E0 Q: {1 O　　Still in strife, she whispered peace;
2 y  Q/ C: y* o5 d　　一面敌对一面又暗示和平;
. w( s+ \; R  g' ?( x　　She would sing while I was weeping,
　　当我哀泣时她吟唱歌词，
　　If I listened, she would cease.
# ]/ h, L/ F1 W: i) z0 ^" U　　当我静听她却噤口无声。
% |: Y. L7 W! `' Z4 [4 a0 ]　　False she was, and unrelenting;
　　她心如铁石而且虚假。
( g4 O+ S7 x3 C3 r1 t　　When my last joys strewed the ground,
1 |# x2 `8 ^6 g: F) f1 M　　当我最后的欢乐落英遍地，
( {3 }3 _+ Y" p) R/ k　　Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
. {! v8 Z% {7 u0 I- L6 s　　见此悲惨的遗物四处抛撒
　　Those sad relics scattered round;
　　就连“哀愁”也遗憾不已;
+ J" @' O3 ?, ]- B: l　　Hope, whose whisper would have given
　　而希望，她本来能悄悄耳语
* N. Q! y( |; e; |  o9 t　　Balm to all my frenzied pain,
　　为痛苦欲狂者搽膏止痛，
/ U9 o- A' e3 D& G　　Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
　　却伸展双翼向天堂飞去，
　　Went, and ne'er returned again!
% T- ~3 M3 s" E: r6 U　　一去不回，从此不见影踪。
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