精美英文欣赏:Hope is the thing with feathers希望长着翅

（单词翻译）

Hope is the thing with feathers

——Emily Dickinson

 

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches¹ in the soul

And sing the tune² without the words

And never stops at all

And sweetest in the gale³ is heard

And sore must be the storm

That could abashed⁴ the little bird

That kept so many warm

I've heard it in the chillest land

And on the strangest sea

Yet, never, in extremity⁵

It asked  a crumb⁶ of me
希望长着翅膀

希望是长着翅膀的鸟儿，

栖居在人们的灵魂之中，

吟唱着没有歌词的曲调，

永无止息。

在风暴中它的歌声最为甜美；

风暴必然会带来痛苦，

风暴会令小鸟窘困惊慌，

它却留给我们如斯温暖。

我已在最荒寒的陆地上，

听到过经的歌唱，

也在最陌生的海洋中听到，

但它纵然身处绝境，

也不向我索取分毫。