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Part Two The Physical Running Up
第五章：运转起来
One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,
我要用宽广辽阔的词语，
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
来歌唱个体的人。
Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
我要从头到脚歌唱生命的全部，
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse,
仅有外表，或仅有头脑，绝非缪斯女神所爱。
I say the Form complete is worthier far,
我歌唱生命的全程，
The Female equally with the Male I sing.
我歌唱女人，也歌唱男人。
Of Life immense in passion, pulse and power,
我歌唱他们的激情、勇敢和力量，
Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,
自由地行于天赐的法则之下。
The Modern Man I sing.
现世的人们啊，我为你们歌唱。
The surrender at Stalingrad had marked the beginning of the end for Germany. The war had turned.
斯大林格勒的挫败，标志着德国的终曲已然敲响，这场战争开始转折。
Yet in the south and west there was little evidence of progress for the Allies.
但是目前，盟军在南线和西线的成功并不明显，
The African war dragged on, the Luftwaffe still mounted raids on Britain.
非洲战场依旧苟延残喘，德国空军仍然不断地突袭英国。
And the ports were sheltering the survivors of what had been the most damaging convoy battle of the war, fought in mid-Atlantic while Alan had waited in New York.
当艾伦在纽约等待回国的时候，大西洋上发生了激烈的战斗，护航队损失惨重。码头上挤满了死里逃生的幸存者，这是艾伦回国后首先布入眼帘的影像。
