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Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets[qh]
是否我说，我在黄昏时走过窄小的街，[qh]
And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes[qh]
看到孤独的男子只穿着衬衫，[qh]
Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? ...[qh]
倚在窗口，烟斗里冒着袅袅的烟？……[qh]
I should have been a pair of ragged claws[qh]
那我就会成为一对蟹螯，[qh]
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.[qh]
急急爬过沉默的海底。[qh]
And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully![qh]
啊，那下午，那黄昏，睡得多平静！[qh]
Smoothed by long fingers,[qh]
被纤长的手指轻轻抚爱，[qh]
Asleep ... tired ... or it malingers,[qh]
睡了……倦慵的……或者它装病，[qh]
Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.[qh]
躺在地板上，就在你我脚边伸开。[qh]
Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,[qh]
是否我，在用过茶、糕点和冰食以后，[qh]
Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?[qh]
有魄力把这一刻推到紧要的关头？[qh]
But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,[qh]
然而，尽管我曾哭泣和斋戒，哭泣和祈祷，[qh]
Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,[qh]
尽管我看见我的头（有一点秃了）用盘子端了进来，[qh]
I am no prophet--and here's no great matter;[qh]
我不是先知——这也不值得大惊小怪;[qh]
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,[qh]
我曾看到我伟大的时刻闪烁，[qh]
And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,[qh]
我曾看到那永恒的“侍者”拿着我的外衣暗笑，[qh]
And in short, I was afraid.[qh]
一句话，我有点害怕。[qh]
And would it have been worth it, after all,[qh]
而且，归根到底，是不是值得[qh]
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,[qh]
当小吃、果子酱和红茶已用过，[qh]
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,[qh]
在杯盘中间，当人们谈着你和我，[qh]
Would it have been worth while,[qh]
是不是值得以一个微笑[qh]
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,[qh]
把这件事情一口啃掉，[qh]
To have squeezed the universe into a ball[qh]
把整个宇宙压缩成一个球，[qh]
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,[qh]
使它滚向某个重大的问题，[qh]
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,[qh]
说道:“我是拉撒路，从冥界[qh]
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all“--[qh]
来报一个信，我要告诉你们一切。”——[qh]
If one, settling a pillow by her head,[qh]
万一她把枕垫放在头下一倚，[qh]
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all;[qh]
说道:“唉，我意思不是要谈这些;[qh]
That is not it, at all.“[qh]
不，我不是要谈这些。”[qh]
And would it have been worth it, after all,[qh]
那么，归根到底，是不是值得，[qh]
Would it have been worth while,[qh]
是否值得在那许多次夕阳以后，[qh]
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,[qh]
在庭院的散步和水淋过街道以后，[qh]
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor--[qh]
在读小说以后，在饮茶以后，在长裙拖过地板以后，——[qh]
And this, and so much more?--[qh]
说这些，和许多许多事情？——[qh]
It is impossible to say just what I mean I[qh]
要说出我想说的话绝不可能！[qh]
But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen:[qh]
仿佛有幻灯把神经的图样投到幕上:[qh]
Would it have been worth while[qh]
是否还值得如此难为情，[qh]
If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,[qh]
假如她放一个枕垫或掷下披肩，[qh]
And turning toward the window, should say:[qh]
把脸转向窗户，甩出一句:[qh]
“That is not it at all,[qh]
“那可不是我的本意，[qh]
That is not what I meant, at all.“[qh]
那可绝不是我的本意。”[qh]
No I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;[qh]
不！我并非哈姆雷特王子，当也当不成;[qh]
Am an attendant lord, one that will do[qh]
我只是个侍从爵士，为王家出行，[qh]
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,[qh]
铺排显赫的场面，或为王子出主意，[qh]
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,[qh]
就够好的了;无非是顺手的工具，[qh]
Deferential, glad to be of use,[qh]
服服帖帖，巴不得有点用途，[qh]
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;[qh]
细致，周详，处处小心翼翼;[qh]
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;[qh]
满口高谈阔论，但有点愚鲁;[qh]
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous--[qh]
有时候，老实说，显得近乎可笑，[qh]
Almost, at times, the Fool.[qh]
有时候，几乎是个丑角。[qh]
I grow old ... I grow old ...[qh]
呵，我变老了……我变老了……[qh]
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.[qh]
我将要卷起我的长裤的裤脚。[qh]
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?[qh]
我将把头发往后分吗？我可敢吃桃子？[qh]
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.[qh]
我将穿上白法兰绒裤在海滩上散步。[qh]
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.[qh]
我听见了女水妖彼此对唱着歌。[qh]
I do not think that they will sing to me.[qh]
我不认为她们会为我而唱歌。[qh]
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves[qh]
我看过她们凌驾波浪驶向大海，[qh]
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back[qh]
梳着打回来的波浪的白发，[qh]
When the wind blows the water white and black.[qh]
当狂风把海水吹得又黑又白。[qh]
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea[qh]
我们留连于大海的宫室，[qh]
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown[qh]
被海妖以红的和棕的海草装饰，[qh]
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.[qh]
一旦被人声唤醒，我们就淹死。 [qh]
