美國語文第五冊 第201期：遺產(chǎn)（02）
A heritage, it seems to me,
遺產(chǎn)，似乎對我來說，
A king might wish to hold in fee.
強者，希望永遠(yuǎn)擁有他的所有。
What doth the poor man's son inherit?
窮人子弟，繼承什么？
A patience learned of being poor,
安于貧困憂患，面容堅毅，
Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it,
應(yīng)對各種變故，寵辱不驚，
A fellow-feeling that is sure
身處逆境，心系他人冷暖，
To make the outcast bless his door;
心地善良，援手弱勢群體；
A heritage, it seems to me,
遺產(chǎn)，似乎對我來說，
A king might wish to hold in fee.
強者，希望永遠(yuǎn)擁有他的所有。
O rich man's son! there is a toil
哦，富家子弟的抉擇，
That with all others level stands:
豈非金錢，便能全部應(yīng)對？
Large charity doth never soil,
諸惡莫做，悲憫眾生，
But only whiten soft, white hands,—
扎實低調(diào)地行事做人，
This is the best crop from thy lands;
最好收獲，來自庇陰的土地。
A heritage, it seems to me,
遺產(chǎn)，似乎對我來說，
Worth being rich to hold in fee.
富人，值得永遠(yuǎn)擁有他的所有。
O poor man's son! scorn not thy state;
哦，窮家子弟，莫輕視自己，
There is worse weariness than thine
那些，有錢人或大人物，
In merely being rich and great:
與你相比，更為糾結(jié)焦慮，
Toil only gives the soul to shine,
磨難，讓心靈熠熠生輝，
And makes rest fragrant and benign;
苦酒，最終釀成芬芳四溢，
A heritage, it seems to me,
遺產(chǎn)，似乎對我來說，
Worth being poor to hold in fee.
窮人，值得永遠(yuǎn)擁有他的所有。
Both, heirs to some six feet of sod,
富人窮人，最終皈依一抔黃土，
Are equal in the earth at last;
地獄門口，等級不再具有意義，
Both, children of the same dear God,
蕓蕓眾生，沐浴在圣父光輝下，
Prove title to your heirship vast
見證自己，天賦的神圣權(quán)利，
By record of a well-filled past;
充實的人生，記錄真實，
A heritage, it seems to me,
遺產(chǎn)，似乎對我來說，
Well worth a life to hold in fee.
永遠(yuǎn)值得，擁有生命本質(zhì)的所有。
