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

　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.
8 \& M7 A4 W$ ~# |4 u& I. y　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
4 u- v8 N' S2 n4 \  q- [　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
  \; g" G5 r4 G) @5 t　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
; W3 ^" \& k, \; R' E　　And further still at an unearthly height
　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
, x6 b7 |3 ^& W$ n+ B6 f　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
4 a- y8 k4 W* ^# C0 O　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
5 Y5 o7 c8 d5 z2 {& H5 i　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
3 c* ~& o" [; W3 Q　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
' Y; y) u) f8 \% A6 \! }5 G' j　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
; ]7 l4 o) n0 |& K9 R　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
$ M, W# b# l5 }5 g) k0 ?　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
# X' m' B2 E3 p/ `　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。