美国语文第五册 第126期:暴风雪(2)

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　　then, brisk, alights on the warm hearth¹; 飞到灶台，敏捷轻盈地落地，

　　then, hopping² o'er the floor, 跳跃桌上，啄食那面包残屑，

　　Eyes all the smiling family askance, 风雪弥漫，难见的盛宴佳肴。

　　And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; 全家目光，惊异这不速之客，

　　Till, more familiar grown, the table crumbs³ attract his slender feet. 可爱乖巧，来自何方的生灵。

　　The foodless wilds pour forth⁴ their brown inhabitants. 寒冬腊月， 饥馁动物们纷纷逃窜，

　　The hare, though timorous⁵ of heart, and hard beset⁶ by death in various forms, dark snares⁷ and dogs, 猎犬狂吠， 冰雪荒原上四面陷阱，胆怯野兔，难逃黑暗死亡的包抄；

　　And more unpitying men, the garden seeks, 处心竭虑， 血腥残忍的追踪猎手，

　　Urged on by fearless want. the bleating⁸ kind. 大开杀戒， 利欲熏心地杀戮围剿。

　　Eye the bleak⁹ heaven, and next the glistening¹⁰ earth, 悲哀羊群， 满山积雪明晃晃耀眼，

　　With looks of dumb despair; then, sad dispersed¹¹, 神色绝望， 仰望天空上乌云环绕，

　　Dig for the withered¹² herb through heaps of snow 咩咩长叹， 雪地下刨开枯枝败草。

　　Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind, 那牧羊人，疼爱你的牛羊吧，

　　Baffle the raging year, and fill their pens with food at will; 苛刻主人，无视严寒的肆虐，

　　lodge¹³ them below the storm, and watch them strict; 冰天雪地，围栏里草料稀少；

　　for from the bellowing¹⁴ east, in this dire¹⁵ season, oft the whirlwind's wing sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains in one wide waft¹⁶, 可怜畜群，暴雪中无以遮挡，狂风咆哮，遽然盘旋过田野，卷走多少，惊恐不已的嘶叫；

　　and o'er the hapless flocks, 洪水淹没，相邻山间的洞穴，

　　Hid in the hollow of two neighboring hills, 汹涌冲进，牛羊栖息的岩角，

　　The billowy tempest 'whelms; till, upward urged, 沟谷崩塌，山脊处雷鸣电闪，

　　The valley to a shining mountain swells¹⁷, 高空激流，一簇花环盘山绕，

　　Tipped with a wreath high-curling in the sky . 万物刍狗，何以见悲悯之道？

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