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弗罗斯特经典诗歌双语赏析:星星破裂者 You know Orien always comes up sideways.# N" @' x1 a! _+ |
Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains," ?9 m2 _3 c& K1 l
And rising on his hands, he looks in on me
9 ?) g/ C$ S, A2 s/ O Busy outdoors by lantern-light with something
8 R \& v! ?! m3 K. i/ R, j I should have done by daylight, and indeed,
& U/ G- k- W. X2 \& c9 P* R After the ground is frozen, I should have done
- Y, ^8 F6 }8 X t5 G Before it froze, and a gust flings a handful
1 j! ~4 F( t/ h2 c Of waste leaves at my smoky lantern chimney
S# x S5 d R& d To make fun of my way of doing things,8 t+ f; O5 L& ~1 `! K
Or else fun of Orion's having caught me.
# R0 o$ Z9 V8 Z: @7 [ Has a man, I should like to ask, no rights
~! ^6 a$ i$ ^& l, ]& m* o These forces are obliged to pay respect to?" H/ O8 k9 S0 ]6 C* X
So Brad McLaughlin mingled reckless talk' [( d% l3 M# v% p- i* a
Of heavenly stars with hugger-mugger farming," R1 s* Q, \. u" o
Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming,
6 h9 q/ ?8 p% p4 C' E He burned his house down for the fire insurance
' W0 ~2 B: Z! ^: ~ And spent the proceeds on a telescope; Z6 t4 F _; m8 q: V0 F" b
To satisfy a life-long curiosity
& L' O8 [* ~* Z About our place among the infinities.# I% Z. d4 l7 h/ S2 u+ c$ C
"What do you want with one of those blame things?"
; v n$ I: O8 o; S' i I asked him well beforehand. "Don't you get one!") z5 ]* c3 K6 z* m2 D n4 s6 n
"Don't call it blamed; there isn't anything- ~/ |' W8 {" }- ^! B
More blameless in the sense of being less
/ u+ C; g/ P2 [. f1 E A weapon in our human fight," he said.7 V. u4 [" m, k
"I'll have one if I sell my farm to buy it."1 @7 p" [# j' }2 ~$ d0 }- D
There where he moved the rocks to plow the ground
5 X* c8 b" l0 Z0 p# X And plowed between the rocks he couldn't move,
/ \9 _7 C" ]7 l, @: e8 ?' L Few farms changed hands; so rather than spend years% }! g" U* c+ }
Trying to sell his farm and then not selling,
* y# m1 m; `) j- e1 y He burned his house down for the fire insurance9 @' }, v9 y( M' k& ~9 x
And bought the telescope with what it came to.
% N& b4 e. B8 k! Z2 S. H7 \8 K He had been heard to say by several:
9 R( c, }% K) ]4 o4 q3 p d8 m "The best thing that we're put here for's to see;
& r5 S$ E* H7 w$ ] _. L, @ The strongest thing that's given us to see with's' T. O9 W* V! S+ l% p( s" N
A telescope. Someone in every town& C4 s1 \4 D. c1 q8 v* y
Seems to me owes it to the town to keep one.
Z# T h1 K) K. M! p In Littleton it may as well be me."' i$ q- `) }5 p% R! Z2 d q
After such loose talk it was no surprise
2 W; F0 ^9 d j When he did what he did and burned his house down.
* @2 d( a9 j! i* X6 P Mean laughter went about the town that day
( E9 r1 H4 h/ \- p- z! D To let him know we weren't the least imposed on,. P) N# d$ _! _0 ^1 s! |
And he could wait--we'd see to him to-morrow.- G1 F) T8 ~) K( C$ d! i9 Y% o
But the first thing next morning we reflected
; J! A8 `& G( |6 n" z n" I If one by one we counted people out
4 p& w/ c" P. e K For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long
4 `0 e. Y6 j3 Y8 `& p6 y To get so we had no one left to live with.
- i: @- n% z, H" I9 H2 Q For to be social is to be forgiving.- T; d$ @5 }4 z" J8 H
Our thief, the one who does our stealing from us,- @0 {% X) C# R, f
We don't cut off from coming to church suppers,
, {6 Y1 ]) ^. D v0 g But what we miss we go to him and ask for.( Y9 }, _: _: y) R
He promptly gives it back, that is if still
8 p5 C! I& e, T# g: [ Uneaten, unworn out, or undisposed of.6 W6 }$ E. c$ H" f7 s N! X G1 {. M
It wouldn't do to be too hard on Brad$ h5 t# D. P) ]2 F& F1 u1 r
About his telescope. Beyond the age: e& g8 u- z& X2 u
Of being given one's gift for Christmas,[1]- ?4 g# p& r/ N5 H/ a: |
He had to take the best way he knew how
x. q- J: l) q# d To find himself in one. Well, all we said was, g' O, ^: j4 O4 F5 [
He took a strange thing to be roguish over.1 i, w; h- F; ~" L3 L8 _
Some sympathy was wasted on the house,
# e# W# ]; Y' {" o A good old-timer dating back along;7 Z5 @ ~ C# J! F1 b- f; T
But a house isn't sentient; the house: f4 J) E& v6 a5 o3 ]/ L
Didn't feel anything. And if it did,
( g3 n6 y' l+ J' m' U$ _5 z Why not regard it as a sacrifice,: _- @( b6 Q- S- l# Y3 ^* D. E
And an old-fashioned sacrifice by fire,) H- W3 q c' s9 l% Z# Y' h, o
Instead of a new-fashioned one at auction?, g; b6 C+ {* y1 [9 n
Out of a house and so out of a farm, j) l7 U5 X0 \1 ]. \; F: C
At one stroke (of a match), Brad had to turn
6 d6 v* Y0 z* T1 i7 z To earn a living on the Concord railroad,
7 \# V3 p5 i- a As under-ticket-agent at a station
+ M( ^0 w7 c1 \* q l Where his job, when he wasn't selling tickets,3 l# d( N U) P
Was setting out up track and down, not plants0 h4 n/ [- j% i% C
As on a farm, but planets, evening stars. @- i9 i8 L _, ]- T+ s) x" N5 u
That varied in their hue from red to green.1 G/ Z6 a( O1 X$ R
He got a good glass for six hundred dollars.
- H2 Z1 Y8 t7 ]; y" \ His new job gave him leisure for star-gazing.
8 e! n/ [3 A! \; c& e2 N Often he bid me come and have a look% B" O7 m; L% v$ `8 d
Up the brass barrel, velvet black inside,
1 v, l% i/ n7 V& |! s+ t, ? At a star quaking in the other end.4 k/ x4 f& c9 z8 K# l% C; j
I recollect a night of broken clouds( n4 J* @( v( }8 T- `
And underfoot snow melted down to ice,
7 H3 y! A' ~5 ^! c1 D; r* ` And melting further in the wind to mud.& P* F* ^% {. _" s+ }6 C8 Y
Bradford and I had out the telescope.' q; G6 L4 Z; [$ q) k) Q4 ?7 h1 J& b
We spread our two legs as it spread its three,
1 U# T. {2 ^/ t6 k. y& H/ p5 V Pointed our thoughts the way we pointed it,2 l- L, J/ P; x8 [6 L7 i( B( M, m: i
And standing at our leisure till the day broke,
/ Q2 \4 k0 `" M1 S Said some of the best things we ever said.( n* J j: c' g: }
That telescope was christened the Star-splitter,
$ w- ]. }" c4 N; T Because it didn't do a thing but split* W9 t, q V! ]+ n/ b
A star in two or three the way you split
* c+ @/ |) f, Z4 g A globule of quicksilver in your hand5 s7 w8 U/ c: d0 c) e
With one stroke of your finger in the middle.
9 W. v# g1 Y% c- K- l- M& y+ H It's a star-splitter if there ever was one
0 u H- C: T0 N8 g% A And ought to do some good if splitting stars* L. Y7 E; r) O
'Sa thing to be compared with splitting wood.6 A, Y {4 B5 _ I* L+ ]
We've looked and looked, but after all where are we?
' T, t1 Z2 E B0 o: c Do we know any better where we are,
- A' z6 ^/ z" e! X And how it stands between the night to-night
5 u* L0 T# f+ i o8 F- ~- k And a man with a smoky lantern chimney?6 J5 j6 T! ]/ K
How different from the way it ever stood?; O! [ B( t8 y' U: s
[1]Of being given one for Christmas gift) u: f J+ a# w; y" W
星星破裂者
" w. _ a( ]! f- L8 E N/ j “你知道猎户座经常从路头上来。+ w# v6 E( [# R; d3 f$ H. _
先是一条腿穿过我们栅栏似的群山,2 V! N/ n( i2 ]3 [. R: I, B
然后升起手臂,它看着我' p4 O- B' x" F7 V8 a0 o9 `$ s
用灯笼光在户外忙碌于某些& X. O: | U' t1 r4 ~! X
我该在白天完成的# b! O9 h+ S \" Y
什么事情。确实, @- b- G2 X3 B" ~* ~0 x" u
大地结冻后,我则是做它结冻
# x4 j! ~! E( r4 F: _ 之前应完成的,阵风将一些: _. \) O5 W) I& p
无用的落叶丢进我冒烟的
# G# U+ Q: s: B) k 灯罩,取笑我所做事情的方式,
( c/ c7 @& ?) Z0 Q4 Z6 Z 或取笑猎户座让我着迷了。
7 Q9 e6 Z2 M3 C. V* g( k 我应该问问,一个人,难道& k |5 i1 e9 q/ Z3 b# ~% u
没有权利关心这些冥冥的影响力?”- S& l' O( N) [6 w" a A1 s
那么布雷·麦克罗林轻率地把; t# ^+ x1 D7 V1 K7 g
空中的星星与杂乱的农事混合,
p5 E" z* F/ o2 c 直到不再做那杂乱的农事,
1 J* [7 J8 Q" a6 t$ T$ a$ K( G 他为着火灾保险金将房子全部烧毁了 X I8 B5 C) k, h; `1 y
然后用得来的钱买了台望远镜
. R0 l$ g) ~! h, ?& y- C 以此满足我们在无穷宇宙之中
8 B! s$ C; }0 F4 U. E 所在之地里的——毕生好奇心。
0 B0 q' R1 h7 R “你想要那该死的东西干什么?”
4 b- |$ ^" ^0 h; } 我预先问他,“你不是有一个!”
8 P4 c! x/ X" ^& k8 I; ] “不要把它叫该死;没有什么
7 o6 J0 g4 g& Y 比起在我们人类打斗中所用的武器; M9 c1 [5 S6 Q% w0 R
更为无过失,”他说,
9 y! Z" l. a' C# N “如果我卖掉农场我就要买一个。”' G. A( ~: w, X
在那里他为着耕地而搬走了石块
1 z- B/ I/ [4 {1 h% u9 j 且在他所不能搬动的石块之间耕着,1 S) s+ p* W7 i) I3 r
农场几乎不好转手;他花费了时间
: t* d8 S$ ?" G( X: e6 |" R 想卖掉自己的农场却卖不掉,' W' a) P4 N$ S/ q6 H
他便为着火灾保险将房子全部烧毁$ M+ s% Z. C$ ~
然后用所得的买了台望远镜。
/ m, M. s8 ~6 A: t 有几个人都听他这样说:
! b% X- p& m6 N* K$ G “在我们这儿最美的事就是观看;
- A g5 Q7 c* |' i+ L 最让我们看得远的东西就是. E/ {" w9 q) i z4 L4 F
望远镜。似乎每个城镇都应该2 U% @7 o7 S) y! C
有人,来给城镇弄到一个。0 w, Q1 f7 r5 w* [0 [
在利特尔顿的人还是我最好。”1 s3 R. o: n# g' w
在这样大开口后他烧毁了自己的房子
, c" B* Q3 l+ X1 T3 a0 D 并且做了他想做的,这实在没什么惊奇。! x/ o+ d: V+ G4 \
可那天冷笑声在城镇里四处走动# z8 t/ h# F! i9 {
而让他知道我们一点也没受骗," Y* v. `0 B! s4 X# j. H# `1 E5 R
他就等着吧——我们明天要注意他。
0 j% W+ z) w8 S0 i' n 但第二天早晨我们首先所想的
8 y0 G& _4 Z; ]" g X 就是一个人最小的过失,
" L4 d1 ~5 j: m* c 若是我们一个接一个地数点,( ~' p) b1 ]7 V, P; u' e
那么很快我们就会形只影单。9 l1 S( R9 }, |- z% ?: Y3 X3 w8 _
因为要彼此来往就要变得仁慈。
8 Z) D: x1 h. j: c; M 我们的盗贼,那个从我们那里偷窃的, w: b0 {7 I4 S; B d( x- R
我们没有拒绝他来教堂参加圣餐仪式,
) Z7 g- Z: m8 ~" ?/ g: I 但为着所丢失的我们会到他那里去索取。
% [- J. w8 `* W7 Z 如若东西依然没被吃,没有弄坏,/ t0 I$ M1 H; r
或者没有处理掉,他会迅速地将它归还。
; x$ f. [5 K b) q 所以不要因为布雷的望远镜' L- r6 m4 T# c1 y" m2 l/ Y' c0 c
而对他太刻薄。毕竟他超过了
. c# r- ~+ h% o( i# q7 u N+ C' Q 得到这样一份圣诞礼物的年龄,
& O `5 L y! n+ ~ 他要用自己所知道的最好方法
5 V; b( c' v% ?3 U6 | 给自己提供一个。好,我们所要说的就是
6 e( R/ }, L9 M( p! b9 C 他以为这件奇怪的事情已蒙混过关。1 T( K- H4 M/ I2 @* Z
有人将同情浪费在了那房屋上,
. Q, O9 U- T; F& t& ~8 k4 T+ t 是一幢不错的古老的原木房屋;0 c/ t/ f1 `3 P Q/ j+ V
但它没有感情;房屋不会+ ?# p: o$ P$ ]' P7 t+ I9 L& J
有任何感觉。如果它有,* S. @! [6 X0 m2 D- |" c; [
为什么不把当看作如同祭品一样的呢,3 S" q o* s* d8 z1 u/ `" S
一个过时的火祭,% o: D% t" b" ^& V' w5 j; {5 A
取代了新式的亏本拍卖?
5 N* A/ u: ~! r# l 在房屋外面同样在农场外面$ h& S J8 f' R
一划(一根火柴),布雷转到
% `( n+ ]: j; ~8 t" T 了要靠在康科德铁路谋生," e+ Z" t( r. Y7 L6 W# `4 N
例如在他工作车站的地下
3 | G8 k0 l2 _% C 做车票代理,当他不卖车票了,% X6 _5 H7 l$ r! _
他就开始到处追看星星,不像是+ x* F2 |' Z/ a% E3 M c
在农场上忙碌,而是追看行星,晚星
! l; I: J4 N) ^: O 从红色到绿色地改变着颜色。+ f" O( D! X% u, }3 n8 X
他用六百美元得到了个好镜子。
1 N& c( c% M8 t: k8 J" N 新工作给了他注视星星的空闲。
( z/ L# X$ h% e! `. K8 Y 他经常欢迎我来看一看* U2 } |/ v0 I% a& [
那黄铜色的圆筒,内面是柔软的黑色,1 R- {, a0 d" W ]0 E8 d }
另一端对着星星震动着。
$ W& e) m% c0 c+ R: X 我回想了一晚上那破裂的云朵/ c" F P( c5 F6 g/ t* o
和在脚下融化成冰的雪花,
+ o! G2 i; }$ f' } 在风中更远地融化成了泥土。
4 H( o' i2 Q: u$ v+ f 布拉德福和我一起用着望远镜。( @" {" e2 p, m ]( g
我们伸展开双脚如同伸展开它的三根支架,
* B) ^1 B- r$ |) X$ w 让我们的想法对着它所对着的方向,0 Q: f* v1 E1 I C0 r
在空闲时间中站立直到黎明到来,' Z6 O3 R1 u: F& N6 k/ R1 e
并谈着那些我们从来没有说过的事情。
/ N2 o& `. i$ L) d. |; R3 Z) G0 y# R 那望远镜被命名为星星破裂者,- T1 q, j$ f6 d% p7 L% k
因为它除了使星星如同% D& X. h. D0 Q8 ^. W6 C- |' h
在你手中的水银小球一样
' ~% H5 b- P8 q. r( q$ n 从中间裂开而分成0 S/ T2 j% D9 b7 c0 @! r
两三块以外,它不做任何事情。
( }5 P. V4 g8 b0 v* Y. C1 z% q 如果曾经存在的话它就是星星破裂者
2 W* a5 V" `9 `# G X9 C4 ^& ^ 若破裂星星是件可以与砍木材
! ]+ \1 y( _& I1 P1 A% t 相比较的事情那它也应算做了些好事。
3 F- m3 {# u& Q2 q9 q+ N* t( r% b 我们看了又看,但我们终究在哪里?
# B, [# j* _7 k& H* U 我们能更好地知道我们在哪里吗,
7 l' o0 O9 Z" I6 T! @1 g+ H 它今晚是怎样立在夜晚
0 s( H0 D- O+ G; b4 T) q3 w" [ 和那有着冒烟灯笼的灯罩之间?
% `* x+ I+ H k( u9 s 与它曾经的站立方式会有多大有变化?: g8 Z. ?' V0 ?3 L
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