晨读经典英语诗歌欣赏：摘罢苹果

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晨读经典英语诗歌欣赏：摘罢苹果　　My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
　　Toward heaven still,
　　And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
: W( D; p; z. T( X　　Beside it, and there may be two or three
　　Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
　　But I am done with apple-picking now.
- [. a, S! Z' D; c  Z6 V! e　　Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
- i! m: k9 M4 _: z9 H4 o* D　　The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
7 t, @& C5 Q7 S% L7 i" n　　I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
　　I got from looking through a pane of glass
$ @  R; I$ _) H5 E4 J$ e6 o* S4 ^3 X　　I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
. t+ L: ?; J' j% s& P) d+ _! b　　And held against the world of hoary grass.
* Y% }4 V8 }( O) A+ h- U　　It melted, and I let it fall and break.
- k1 g6 J: H0 p, C, T0 C' V5 k+ D　　But I was well
# V2 c9 z6 X7 V! U( s1 @3 T　　Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
0 o* t8 t4 S2 C, B  C1 \　　And I could tell
　　What form my dreaming was about to take.
  q) j8 L. P+ ~* y　　Magnified apples appear and disappear,
4 _: `1 S! D6 g8 Y5 a. N- m8 T　　Stem end and blossom end,
　　And every fleck of russet showing clear.
　　My instep arch not only keeps the ache,
　　It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.
　　I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
　　And I keep hearing from the cellar bin
$ x/ R$ o: F1 D% H# X# U　　The rumbling sound
* w3 {2 W) v2 e/ S" ^1 b　　Of load on load of apples coming in.
　　For I have had too much
' H- K4 V) S) T& S2 g　　Of apple-picking: I am overtired
4 p+ p9 v$ e! G* ^% M　　Of the great harvest I myself desired.
　　There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
　　Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.
. s4 Z1 U9 E& x9 s% w　　For all
0 Q' H' M" _+ `2 ^# U$ }( y0 q　　That struck the earth,
6 x+ M  D% x  _+ D　　No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble,
: ~( q# a/ I5 g7 {! E1 z　　Went surely to the cider-apple heap
* U( Q% l) \9 g( J8 |9 d+ G　　As of no worth.
　　One can see what will trouble
$ Y1 O& I- e' p# x, B　　This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.
! U% j; }) i# @6 G3 r　　Were he not gone,
% `" H1 k3 z  \7 U. p　　The woodchuck could say whether it's like his
  J+ k& U1 i2 w- X. n, {- c" {, {2 c　　Long sleep, as I describe its coming on,
　　Or just some human sleep.
　　长梯穿过树顶，竖起两个尖端
　　刺向沉静的天穹。
　　梯子脚下，有一只木桶，
　　我还没给装满，也许
6 e3 S' V5 ~5 i% w　　还有两三个苹果留在枝头
　　我还没摘下。不过这会儿，
　　我算是把摘苹果这活干完了。
　　夜晚在散发着冬眠的气息
$ Q7 Z9 `$ ?& c8 j　　——那扑鼻的苹果香;
　　我是在打磕睡啦。
　　我揉揉眼睛，
　　却揉不掉眼前的奇怪——
　　这怪景像来自今天早晨，
　　我从饮水槽里揭起一层冰——
% y* E7 X/ F0 D) W　　像一块窗玻璃，隔窗望向
4 b, s4 ^" A, N+ {　　一个草枯霜重的世界。
6 R/ t) \+ |$ N　　冰溶了，我由它掉下.碎掉。
　　可是它还没落地，我早就
, H0 v* L% r6 s, k7 p* s3 G# @　　膘膘肪脆，快掉进了睡乡。
　　我还说得出，我的梦
　　会是怎么样一个形状。
8 M+ K% {6 a. Y　　膨胀得好大的苹果，忽隐忽现，
　　一头是梗枝，一头是花儿，
　　红褐色的斑点，全看得请。
　　好酸疼哪.我的脚底板.
　　可还得使劲吃住梯子档的分量，
　　我感到那梯子
　　随着弯倒的树枝，在摇晃。
& H8 @) D2 Z. Y! A　　耳边只听得不断的隆隆声——
　　一桶又一捅苹果往地窖里送。
　　摘这么些苹果，
# H' _2 ~! ?0 B1 E　　尽够我受了;我本是盼望
: U9 p! t% [! M$ U6 t4 L& X, Q& y　　来个大丰收，可这会儿已累坏了，
7 ]- N1 ~# {" @　　有千千万万的苹果你得去碰，
　　得轻轻地去拿，轻轻地去放.
　　不能往地上掉。只要一掉地，
　　即使没碰伤，也没叫草梗扎破，
　　只好全都堆在一边，去做苹果酒，
* o4 c/ J  i0 d0 `3 ~　　算是不值一钱。
　　你看吧，打扰我睡一觉的是什么，
　　且不提这算不算睡一觉。
( j. u; `- `2 K, J, z+ `　　如果土拨鼠没有走开，
　　听我讲睡梦怎样来到我身边，
　　那它就可以说，
　　这跟它的冬眠倒有些像，
+ ^! k6 A% y2 a& V- l$ X, Q　　或者说，这不过是人类的冬眠。
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