一只小鸟

A Minor Bird

BY  Robert Frost (1874-1963)

（原作：罗伯特·佛罗斯特）

翻译：徐家祯

I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;

Have clapped my hands at him from the door
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.

The fault must partly have been in me.
The bird was not to blame for his key.

And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song.

我很想让一只小鸟飞走，

别整天在我屋前叫个不休。

我在门口向它拍手，

好像我已无法忍受。

但我多少应该有点儿自咎，

不能光去嗔怪小鸟的啁啾：

讨厌任何一首歌曲的时候，

那就一定有哪里不太对头。

                                                     二0一四年八月十日译于

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