I Hear America singing
I Hear America singing
by Walt Whitman
I Hear America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat--the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench--the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter's song--the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission,or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother--or of the young wife at work--or of the girl sewing or washing--Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day--At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.
我聽見美洲在歌唱
李野光 譯
我聽見美洲在歌唱，我聽見各種不同的頌歌，
機器匠在歌唱著，他們每人歌唱著他的愉快而強健的歌，
木匠在歌唱著，一邊比量著他的木板或梁木，
泥瓦匠在歌唱著，當他準備工作或停止工作的時候，
船家歌唱著他船里所有的一切，水手在汽艇的甲板上歌唱著，
鞋匠坐在他的工作凳上歌唱，帽匠歌唱著，站在那里工作，
伐木者、犁田青年們歌唱著，當他們每天早晨走在路上，或者午問歇息，
或到了日落的時候，
我更聽到母親的美妙的歌，正在操作的年輕的妻子們的或縫衣或洗衣的
女孩子們的歌，
每人歌唱屬于他或她而不是屬于任何別人的一切，
白晝歌唱白晝所有的，晚間，強壯而友愛的青年們的集會，
張嘴唱著他們的強健而和諧的歌。
瓦爾特?惠特曼簡介
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