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Hope is the thing with feathers

By: Emily Dickinson

 

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune--without the words,

And never stops at all,

 

And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

 

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

 

 

希望是一只飞鸟

Emily Dickinson著     长风译

 

希望是一只飞鸟，

栖息在心灵的树梢;

它不停

吟唱的曲调，

 

在狂风中越发美妙；

风暴因此懊恼，

本以为可以击败

温暖人心的小鸟。

 

严寒的大地，陌生的狂涛，

我仍能听到它的鸣叫；

即便在极端的周遭，

它也从未向我索要。