《艾德斯垂普》

作者：爱德华·托马斯（1878-1917，英国）

翻译：大卫牛

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是的，我一直记得艾德斯垂普——

这个名字，因一个特别的下午

炎热，快速列车临时停在那里

很意外。那是六月底。

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蒸汽在嘘嘘，有人清了清喉咙。

无人离去也无人来

于赤裸的站台。我所看见

艾德斯垂普——只是这名字

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还有柳树，柳兰，和青草地

还有绣线菊，和干草垛-圆锥形，

无一丝嘈杂的静和寂寞的美

呼应着通透无云的天空。

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而那一刻一只黑鸟鸣叫

在近旁，环绕他，那浓浓的雾

越来越远，所有的黑鸟

心中的牛津郡和格洛斯特郡。

大卫牛试译 2018,12,30

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Adlestrop

By Edward Thomas

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Yes, I remember Adlestrop --

The name, because one afternoon

Of heat the express-train drew up there

Unwontedly. It was late June.

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The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.

No one left and no one came

On the bare platform. What I saw

Was Adlestrop -- only the name

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And willows, willow-herb, and grass,

And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,

No whit less still and lonely fair

Than the high cloudless in the sky.

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And for that minute a blackbird sang

Close by, and round him, mistier,

Farther and farther, all the birds

Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.