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.
' a$ d  w  Q' Y; \0 m　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
1 v- l9 }1 l! C8 d( f! K　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
0 E7 `- G% c+ r% m4 I% W$ w3 ?3 U　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
　　And further still at an unearthly height
) Z: Y1 y9 j5 z　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
+ R1 Q9 A2 X( {% a　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
' j0 }. v) K6 g5 [1 V　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
2 Q, n" E8 |: L7 w2 _　　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，
　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
7 ~; y  n) H* [, V! y) c0 X; R　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
% m2 O, e/ h4 g2 B( Y( A　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
$ Q7 l: E% m( N　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
" b, F8 B7 Q3 M/ k5 k& o　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
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