52 MY OWN TRUF FAMILY
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五十二 我自己的真正的家族
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Ted Hughes
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泰德·休斯
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| Once I crept in an oakwood — I was looking for a stag. |
有一次我悄悄進入橡樹林——我尋找一頭鹿。 |
| I met an old woman there — all knobbly stick and rag. |
我遇見個老太婆——一身疙瘩的枯柴棒加破布。 |
| She said: "I have your secret here inside; my litte btag." |
她說："你的秘密在我的小口袋里，我全有數(shù)。" |
| Then she began to cackle and I began to quake. |
于是，她開始咯咯笑，我開始發(fā)抖。 |
| She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake — |
她打開她的小口袋，我一而再地意識到—— |
| Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake. |
一群人在圍著我看，我在木樁上被捆牢。 |
| They said: "We are the oak-trees and your own true family. |
他們說："我們是橡樹，是你真正的家族成員。 |
| We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye. |
我們被砍倒，被撕裂，你連眼睛也不眨一下。 |
| Unless you make a promise now — now you are going to die. |
你現(xiàn)在就將死去，除非你答應一個條件。 |
| Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two. |
每見到一株橡樹被砍倒，你得發(fā)誓栽兩株。 |
| Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew." |
你若不發(fā)誓，黑色起皺的橡樹皮會把你裹住，讓你植根在橡林中，你出生在這兒卻永遠不發(fā)育。" |
| This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me. |
這是我在樹枝下做的夢，這夢改變了我。 |
| When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company, |
我走出橡樹林，回到人間伙伴的居處， |
| My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree. |
我走路像人類的孩子，我的心卻成了一株樹。 |
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