经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己

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经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己
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　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.
　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
9 `$ O% b# r4 L  V; Z　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
$ V9 m6 e7 A6 _: a　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
' V: v: m0 g" m2 I! J5 a) c) w　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
　　And further still at an unearthly height
　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
% {. Z- d* _1 k1 T; r6 g. o　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
8 m6 W$ z7 L" h5 h6 S　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
% Z# G/ \  f5 S# ~  @, F　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
' R: |+ f$ b1 h. E, m8 ^. _$ i　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
% w1 V- R& A& S$ ?  P　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
% ~7 K4 m5 S8 ?' f3 j4 H! ]3 D　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
7 t% @: ~* P6 Y　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
5 z/ u6 }5 n% T" D' v* A8 F　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
! N- U* P( A8 B　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
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