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.
3 b0 O. S  d, M3 ^　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
0 A$ m- Z6 F, c( F$ }6 l  A' P　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
- ]1 p: Y- u& t　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
2 L/ _, S  g+ w4 k& i& K　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
( ^  A0 C  v& y3 P　　And further still at an unearthly height
$ J" }1 R# N$ L/ o/ ]) K, X　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
6 ]! e" _. W* N8 h" e8 L' _　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
) c  D9 k  C3 h/ ?1 @8 L( ?2 V, @　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
$ h) M; @$ p3 g4 U/ `　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
4 c+ Q" r$ g6 i- c9 L2 G　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
0 {9 m  C4 @& D; x" q　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。