美國語文第四冊 第174期：垂死的士兵（02）
"Our time is short," one faint voice said;
“我們的時間不多了，”一個微弱的聲音說；
Today we've done our best on different sides: what matters now?
我們今天盡了全力，為了各自一方，現(xiàn)在這些還有什么意義？
Tomorrow we shall rest!
明天我們就將休息了！
Life lies behind. I might not care for only my own sake;
生命已逝，我在乎的不是我自己的生命；
But far away are other hearts,
可是遠(yuǎn)方的親人啊，
That this day's work will break.
今天會讓他們心碎。
Among New Hampshire's snowy hills,
新罕布什爾雪山村莊里，
There pray for me tonigh，t a woman, and a little girl with hair like golden light;
今晚有人會為我禱告，一個女人，和一個小女孩都長著金發(fā)。
And at the thought, broke forth, at last, the cry of anguish wild,
想到這些，終于忍不住，失聲痛哭起來，
That would not longer be repressed, O God, my wife, my child!
這是無法抑制的——噢，神啊，我的妻子，我的孩子！
"And," said the other dying man,
“還有，”另一個垂死的士兵說，
Across the Georgia plain,
在佐治亞州平原，
There watch and wait for me loved one, I never shall see again:
我的愛人在等待著我：我再也看不到，
A little girl, with dark, bright eyes,
一個小女孩，眼睛又黑又亮，
Each day waits at the door;
每天在門邊等待聽到；
Her father's step, her father's kiss,
爸爸的腳步，得到爸爸的親吻，
Will never greet her more.
她再也得不到這些了。
Today we sought each other's lives:
今天我們都要了對方的生命，
Death levels all that now;
死亡把一切抹平了；
For soon before God's mercy seat together we shall bow.
很快在仁慈的神的面前我們會一起拜倒。
Forgive each other while we may;
趁活著我們原諒彼此吧；
Life's but a weary game,
生命不過是個煩惱的游戲，
And, right or wrong, the morning sun will find us, dead, the same.
不論對錯，當(dāng)朝陽升起，我們都已死去，一模一樣。
The dying lips the pardon breathe;
嘴唇里互相說著原諒的話，
The dying hands entwine;
雙手牽到一起；
The last ray fades, and over all the stars from heaven shine;
晚霞漸漸消失，天空繁星閃耀；
And the little girl with golden hair,
而一個金發(fā)的女孩，
And one with dark eyes bright,
和一個眼睛又黑又亮的少女，
On Hampshire's hills, and Georgia's plain,
在新罕布什爾山區(qū)和佐治亞平原
Were fatherless that night!
這個夜晚都沒有了父親！
