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A Psalm of Life

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

請跟英語兔我一起讀:

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

不要在哀傷的詩句里告訴我:

Life is but an empty dream!—

"人生不過是一場幻夢!"

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

靈魂睡著了, 就等于死了,

And things are not what they seem.

事物的真相與外表不同.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

人生是真切的! 人生是實在的!

And the grave is not its goal;

它的歸宿決不是荒墳;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

"你本是塵土, 必歸于塵土",

Was not spoken of the soul.

這是指軀殼, 不是指靈魂.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

我們命定的目標和道路

Is our destined end or way;

不是享樂, 也不是受苦;

But to act, that each to-morrow

而是行動, 在每個明天

Find us farther than to-day.

都超越今天, 跨出新步.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

智藝無窮, 時光飛逝;

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

這顆心, 縱然勇敢堅強,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

也只如鼙鼓, 悶聲敲動著,

Funeral marches to the grave.

一下又一下, 向墳地送喪.

In the world's broad field of battle,

世界是一片遼闊的戰(zhàn)場,

In the bivouac of Life,

人生是到處扎寨安營;

Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

莫學那聽人驅策的啞畜,

Be a hero in the strife!

做一個威武善戰(zhàn)的英雄!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!

別指望將來, 不管它多可愛!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

把已逝的過去永久掩埋!

Act, —act in the living Present!

行動吧－－趁著活生生的現(xiàn)在!

Heart within, and God o'erhead!

心中有赤心, 頭上有真宰!

Lives of great men all remind us

偉人的生平啟示我們:

We can make our lives sublime,

我們能夠生活得高尚,

And, departing, leave behind us

而當告別人世的時候,

Footprints on the sands of time;

留下腳印在時間的沙上;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

也許我們有一個兄弟

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

航行在莊嚴的人生大海,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

遇險沉了船, 絕望的時刻,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

會看到這腳印而振作起來.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

那么, 讓我們起來干吧,

With a heart for any fate;

對任何命運要敢于擔戴;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

不斷地進取, 不斷地追求,

Learn to labor and to wait.

要善于勞動, 善于等待.