英语诗歌精选 但是我感到惊奇

（单词翻译）

Yet Do I Marvel¹ — Countee Cullen

但是我感到惊奇——康蒂·卡伦

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,

我不怀疑上帝的仁慈、善良和好意，

And did He stoop to quibble could tell why

但若是他使用遁词便能解释，

The little buried mole² continues blind,

为何地下的鼹鼠仍然瞎眼，

Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,

为何反映他形象的肉体总有一天要死去，

Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus

说明坦塔罗斯受折磨的原因，

Is bailed³ by the fickle⁴ fruit, declare

是他被变化不定的果子吸引，

If merely brute⁵ caprice dooms⁶ Sisyphus

阐明是否仅仅因蛮横的任性，

To struggle up a never-ending stair.

西西弗斯就注定得攀登无限高的阶梯。

Inscrutable His ways are, and immune

上帝之道深奥莫测，

To catechism by a mind too strewn

对人们的诘问置之不理，

With petty cares to slightly understand

他们的头脑塞满鸡毛蒜皮

What awful brain compels His awful hand

他们的头脑塞满鸡毛蒜皮

Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:

但我对这件怪事感到惊奇：

To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

造出黑肤色诗人，令他唱吟!