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，
7 `% K  t4 i, i　　She sat without the grated den,
; o$ [6 f4 y5 _' H, |4 u' Q　　她坐在我的囚牢之外，
) D4 x& y/ e" r: W" Q　　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。
- j+ |& k$ M6 c3 ^. j8 {, u3 T! N　　She was cruel in her fear;
　　她因胆怯而如此冷酷。
: r4 j! x; K& |8 F. P$ G, c* l　　Through the bars one weary day,
　　郁闷的一天，我透过铁栏，
) Y/ P1 s; S2 m5 r. W, ]* v　　I looked out to see her there,
　　想看到我的希望的面目，
　　And she turned her face away!
　　却见她立即背转了脸!
　　Like a false guard, false watch keeping,
0 ~$ _6 O9 S- S2 s! ?　　像一个假看守在假意监视，
- a3 w& I& n/ _! O" r4 r, C$ M　　Still in strife, she whispered peace;
: E$ p) i0 r) ?4 j7 W& _) M　　一面敌对一面又暗示和平;
　　She would sing while I was weeping,
　　当我哀泣时她吟唱歌词，
: A5 o" E; r, E0 @　　If I listened, she would cease.
* P) H! W1 s0 t& B/ F) p3 u. `9 E　　当我静听她却噤口无声。
　　False she was, and unrelenting;
$ s" d/ a+ N& B' k8 ], l# X6 }　　她心如铁石而且虚假。
1 E& ~; Q+ R% F4 }2 ~# [　　When my last joys strewed the ground,
　　当我最后的欢乐落英遍地，
" W- R! f* U% V1 O$ e　　Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
3 L, f2 z4 s+ l. A4 k　　见此悲惨的遗物四处抛撒
+ L6 q/ s- v$ Y/ m　　Those sad relics scattered round;
　　就连“哀愁”也遗憾不已;
　　Hope, whose whisper would have given
4 M$ l+ |% Y+ {# S1 G　　而希望，她本来能悄悄耳语
　　Balm to all my frenzied pain,
9 f. _) y+ j9 h% s( s　　为痛苦欲狂者搽膏止痛，
　　Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
　　却伸展双翼向天堂飞去，
　　Went, and ne'er returned again!
: }( X* l: G# I" Y  ]9 K2 k5 X　　一去不回，从此不见影踪。