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
　　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.
　　Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
5 \. _/ o& |4 H3 _0 E　　The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
　　I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
　　I got from looking through a pane of glass
　　I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
8 P4 f' M8 q( l* a. L1 C+ ^  {　　And held against the world of hoary grass.
% O( _9 ~0 u7 l* g% h3 V　　It melted, and I let it fall and break.
　　But I was well
　　Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
　　And I could tell
　　What form my dreaming was about to take.
  _" _# N) r* @% f; Z& L! \　　Magnified apples appear and disappear,
# D# C0 }3 p7 L: i2 O2 h　　Stem end and blossom end,
　　And every fleck of russet showing clear.
　　My instep arch not only keeps the ache,
! T4 f& ^) D( [　　It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.
　　I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
0 ?, z2 k" {* q7 z　　And I keep hearing from the cellar bin
$ o% p/ }5 \) w: a2 q　　The rumbling sound
　　Of load on load of apples coming in.
# O, D% E) }) f: ^　　For I have had too much
" F- b* g2 }* O# H  h　　Of apple-picking: I am overtired
　　Of the great harvest I myself desired.
0 _2 Q# b; F( e9 ?4 f& O, B　　There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
$ V; A1 n3 }) ~9 g% n0 ?　　Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.
　　For all
  z& g! d1 H* b. I$ D) n　　That struck the earth,
( m8 y& V% V0 c- ^; t8 A( e; @　　No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble,
　　Went surely to the cider-apple heap
! D4 v8 |! ]8 @; p: K　　As of no worth.
　　One can see what will trouble
; C* n" B  p  ?7 n　　This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.
　　Were he not gone,
, c% ]# m4 y% X& C$ e  B; b: m$ j　　The woodchuck could say whether it's like his
　　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
  h' E4 b! p6 u3 s+ a　　刺向沉静的天穹。
　　梯子脚下，有一只木桶，
' J% q: o) q- C+ y2 @- i　　我还没给装满，也许
　　还有两三个苹果留在枝头
& h0 Q* B1 N; D) W+ o1 }　　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
1 w; j1 ~5 A- d  z　　——那扑鼻的苹果香;
　　我是在打磕睡啦。
9 h  {. @5 ~' x  J! m* f7 L　　我揉揉眼睛，
　　却揉不掉眼前的奇怪——
- Z2 z' u% R: \8 P5 a4 R  i, f　　这怪景像来自今天早晨，
　　我从饮水槽里揭起一层冰——
　　像一块窗玻璃，隔窗望向
　　一个草枯霜重的世界。
　　冰溶了，我由它掉下.碎掉。
　　可是它还没落地，我早就
　　膘膘肪脆，快掉进了睡乡。
0 B. {, F* ^, o/ e  T2 i　　我还说得出，我的梦
/ A7 p- C  g- V" ?; O1 L) k& h　　会是怎么样一个形状。
5 [" q' `4 ]$ m　　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。
　　耳边只听得不断的隆隆声——
* u' Z! |! ^8 g4 C　　一桶又一捅苹果往地窖里送。
　　摘这么些苹果，
　　尽够我受了;我本是盼望
　　来个大丰收，可这会儿已累坏了，
　　有千千万万的苹果你得去碰，
8 V/ b1 y) y% c, s; g　　得轻轻地去拿，轻轻地去放.
; C: @' ^, Q" g　　不能往地上掉。只要一掉地，
6 y4 R" A$ B# k! S  q　　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，
　　算是不值一钱。
" h8 }% a" \# R+ L, k+ v3 U　　你看吧，打扰我睡一觉的是什么，
　　且不提这算不算睡一觉。
　　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，
- h1 f. E3 u1 C" K; I0 b% r$ p　　这跟它的冬眠倒有些像，
　　或者说，这不过是人类的冬眠。
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