艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望

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艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望　　Hope was but a timid friend;
　　希望只是个羞怯的友伴，
　　She sat without the grated den,
/ y3 b- O7 j; _( Q$ E" v% R4 j　　她坐在我的囚牢之外，
4 w- o' W# K3 U　　Watching how my fate would tend,
0 b0 e/ M- Y( s　　以自私者的冷眼旁观
8 q# E% x+ t! u0 M. T　　Even as selfish-hearted men.
. Y1 Y3 B0 P# x( h2 F; q# g" c7 B　　观察我的命运的好歹。
. r  g% M1 T4 {% Z8 k$ u% r　　She was cruel in her fear;
$ b5 t  ^0 G- V' e　　她因胆怯而如此冷酷。
　　Through the bars one weary day,
; m. V( w8 ^/ ]8 I% _) [0 w　　郁闷的一天，我透过铁栏，
7 H" U; Q+ S- I: \. T, V( [　　I looked out to see her there,
/ |3 W! B) Y( I: H- t( n& O　　想看到我的希望的面目，
* v3 z! Z* p  z5 N9 v　　And she turned her face away!
　　却见她立即背转了脸!
( N- I) Y( U, U3 D2 P; d/ k3 P　　Like a false guard, false watch keeping,
　　像一个假看守在假意监视，
　　Still in strife, she whispered peace;
　　一面敌对一面又暗示和平;
& O7 o' ?5 c1 W3 x　　She would sing while I was weeping,
7 t" K5 r& q0 F8 Z6 G  N. V　　当我哀泣时她吟唱歌词，
1 ^) Z" t3 y3 N  h- ^$ s5 S3 u　　If I listened, she would cease.
9 v! |. \0 b5 w! b" {0 ~; P' d& w　　当我静听她却噤口无声。
9 D5 V* g. W: D# R" k6 H7 T　　False she was, and unrelenting;
　　她心如铁石而且虚假。
) B2 Q7 L+ H2 o+ n2 |　　When my last joys strewed the ground,
7 A+ C: U8 s8 I7 f7 R　　当我最后的欢乐落英遍地，
; Z& y8 U5 {: p　　Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
2 i- u4 c4 v* a+ g" G　　见此悲惨的遗物四处抛撒
　　Those sad relics scattered round;
　　就连“哀愁”也遗憾不已;
$ b" v$ B4 d+ Z% y- n　　Hope, whose whisper would have given
7 ^% q) C  e9 x- U$ ?+ F( a) c) G　　而希望，她本来能悄悄耳语
　　Balm to all my frenzied pain,
5 |; f4 a8 {& ?+ e3 E　　为痛苦欲狂者搽膏止痛，
　　Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
8 J/ {) E1 E9 R; d) w　　却伸展双翼向天堂飞去，
　　Went, and ne'er returned again!
　　一去不回，从此不见影踪。