精美英文語句欣賞
The river is famous to the fish.
魚兒熟知河流。
The loud voice is famous to silence,
which knew it would inherit the earth
before anybody said so.
寂靜熟知高聲。
寂靜知道,在任何人發(fā)聲前,
它會接管地球。
The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds
watching him from the birdhouse.
鳥兒熟知睡在圍墻上的貓。
它在籠中注視著貓的一舉一動。
The tear is famou briefly, to the cheek.
臉頰熟知眼淚,縱使短暫。
The idea you carry close to your bosom
is famous to your bosom.
你的心熟知
你心頭的想法。
The boot is famous to the earth,
more famous than the dress shoe,
which is famous only to floors.
大地熟知靴子,
而不怎么了解皮鞋和高跟鞋,
因為那些高貴的'鞋履只為地板所熟知。
The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it
and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.
陳舊卷曲的照片為隨身攜帶它的那個人所熟知,
而并非為照片里的主角所熟知。
I want to be famous to shuffling men
who smile while crossing street
sticky children in grocery line
famous as the one who smiled back.
我想為那些微笑著穿過街道的過客們
所熟知。
那些在雜貨店里排著隊身子粘乎乎的孩子,
熟知我是那個會向他們報以微笑的人。
I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous
or a buttonhole,
not because it did anything spectacular,
but because it never forgot what it could do.
我想像個滑輪,
或是鈕扣眼那樣為人所熟知。
其名聲并非來自什么驚人之舉,
而只因其從未忘記自己的職責(zé)。
Naomi Shihab Nye(1952- ),詩人、歌曲創(chuàng)作者、小說家,自幼在美國圣路易斯市和巴勒斯坦中部城市耶路撒冷兩地生活,父親原籍巴勒斯坦,母親是美國人。她畢業(yè)于美國三一大學(xué)(Trinity University),現(xiàn)居住在美國得克薩斯州圣安東尼奧市。Naomi Shihab Nye著有19 Varieties of Gazelle(《十九種小羚羊》)、Come with Me: Poems for a Journey(《隨我同行:旅途詩情》)、Fuel(《燃料》)等詩集,及小說Habibi(《哈比比》),她曾獲古根海姆獎和國會圖書館威特·拜納獎,現(xiàn)任美國國家人文基金會全國委員會委員。
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