艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望

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艾米莉·勃朗特经典英文诗歌：希望　　Hope was but a timid friend;
　　希望只是个羞怯的友伴，
1 Y- g% y# s6 f. A8 \" |, b　　She sat without the grated den,
　　她坐在我的囚牢之外，
( `8 D8 Y9 V4 x1 c7 ^. j　　Watching how my fate would tend,
　　以自私者的冷眼旁观
3 T* W+ M( `$ p# {　　Even as selfish-hearted men.
　　观察我的命运的好歹。
　　She was cruel in her fear;
! L! `: s: J: S　　她因胆怯而如此冷酷。
　　Through the bars one weary day,
  W% u( J# r3 S8 [　　郁闷的一天，我透过铁栏，
% f" [3 Q( C7 }: |1 Y' }0 d  a2 ?　　I looked out to see her there,
4 I9 f! Q2 t! b) O　　想看到我的希望的面目，
　　And she turned her face away!
　　却见她立即背转了脸!
　　Like a false guard, false watch keeping,
　　像一个假看守在假意监视，
$ r6 n: `! d: c. F　　Still in strife, she whispered peace;
' T+ j" ~3 j/ Z7 }) I; G* _　　一面敌对一面又暗示和平;
  A! F' a5 e' Y# d　　She would sing while I was weeping,
; ~; J4 c6 m  C" v　　当我哀泣时她吟唱歌词，
1 T" z; u& o) D9 O) q' D　　If I listened, she would cease.
　　当我静听她却噤口无声。
　　False she was, and unrelenting;
; E: k2 K5 n  q  i) R% o- g　　她心如铁石而且虚假。
　　When my last joys strewed the ground,
　　当我最后的欢乐落英遍地，
4 e( ]) d- q3 A, f9 C$ ~/ T　　Even Sorrow saw, repenting,
- Y7 x# R$ R/ F0 I% s6 O1 L1 l5 Y　　见此悲惨的遗物四处抛撒
7 E7 U( N/ t' T' z& r1 r　　Those sad relics scattered round;
8 |6 {( R. n# c7 l) w& B6 W　　就连“哀愁”也遗憾不已;
/ D; @. W8 t$ a3 ?7 o9 [' G　　Hope, whose whisper would have given
( a  J- r& J+ U* b8 J　　而希望，她本来能悄悄耳语
5 K8 q  l1 s' l0 ~7 |( f　　Balm to all my frenzied pain,
　　为痛苦欲狂者搽膏止痛，
　　Stretched her wings, and soared to heaven,
% N/ G. u3 ?) i　　却伸展双翼向天堂飞去，
0 u) ]+ }+ `. `/ u　　Went, and ne'er returned again!
　　一去不回，从此不见影踪。
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