第1个回答 2009-10-10
1.全才/全心的奉献
国土属于我们,即使在我们拥有之前。
我们的国土属于我们已经有一百多年,
在我们尚未是她的子民之前,就属于我们
在麻萨诸塞州,在维吉尼亚州。
但是彼时我们是英国的属地,为其殖民,
我们仍然拥有的许多尚未被宰制的东西
也尚未丧失今天我们已经沦丧的东西。
我们怯于奉献使我们变得积弱,
直到我们发现,其咎于我们自己
我们对于赖于生存的国土不愿奉献
却冀望马上在屈服中寻求救赎。
彼时虽然拥有不多,我们无无条件地奉献
(奉献的行为表现于男儿志在沙场)
对未知的西部蛮荒的土地开拓
即使未流传为故事,美谈或宣扬
尽管土地如斯,未来亦如斯
The Gift Outright
The land was ours before we were the land's.
She was our land more than a hundred years
Before we were her people. She was ours
In Massachusetts, in Virginia,
But we were England's, still colonials,
Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
Possessed by what we now no more possessed.
Something we were withholding made us weak
Until we found out that it was ourselves
We were withholding from our land of living,
And forthwith found salvation in surrender.
Such as we were we gave ourselves outright
(The deed of gift was many deeds of war)
To the land vaguely realizing westward,
But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced,
Such as she was, such as she would become.
2.英文小诗歌——对手 Opponent
You are my adversary, but you are not my enemy.
For your resistance gives me strength.
You will give me courage.
Your spirit ennobles me.
And though I aim to defeat you, should I succeed, I will not humiliate you.
Instead, I will honor you.
For without you, I am a lesser man.
参考译文
对手
你是我的对手,但不是我的敌人。
因为,你的对抗给予我力量。
你的意志带给我勇气。
你的精神使我崇高。
我要尽力击败你,但即使我胜利了,我也不会羞辱你。
相反,我将以你为荣。
因为如果没有你,我就无法达成今天的成就。