We Two—How Long We were Fool’d 我倆，我們被愚弄了這么久

We Two—How Long We were Fool’d
Walt·Whitman
We two—how long we were fool’d!

Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as Nature escapes;

We are Nature—long have we been absent, but now we return;

We become plants, leaves, foliage, roots, bark;

We are bedded in the ground—we are rocks;

We are oaks—we grow in the openings side by side;

We browse—we are two among the wild herds, spontaneous as any;

We are two fishes swimming in the sea together;

We are what the locust blossoms are—we drop scent around the lanes, mornings and

evenings;

We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables, minerals;

We are two predatory hawks—we soar above, and look down;

We are two resplendent suns—we it is who balance ourselves, orbic and stellar—we

are as two comets;

We prowl fang’d and four-footed in the woods—we spring on prey;

We are two clouds, forenoons and afternoons, driving overhead;

We are seas mingling—we are two of those cheerful waves, rolling over each other, and

interwetting each other;

We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive, pervious, impervious:

We are snow, rain, cold, darkness—we are each product and influence of the globe;

We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again—we two have;

We have voided all but freedom, and all but our own joy.

我倆，我們被愚弄了這么久，

可現(xiàn)在變了，我們迅速逃走，像大自然一樣逃

走，

我們就是大自然，我們離開(kāi)這里已經(jīng)很久，但

是如今回來(lái)了，

我們變成植物、樹(shù)干、樹(shù)葉、樹(shù)根和樹(shù)皮，

我們被安置在地里、我們是巖石，

我們是橡樹(shù)，我們并排地生長(zhǎng)在林中的空地，

我們吃草，我們是野牛群中的兩只，如大家一

樣自然，

我們是在海中一起游泳的兩條魚(yú)，

我們是刺槐的花朵，我們?cè)缤碓谛∠镏車l(fā)

香氣，

我們也是獸類、植物、礦物的粗劣斑點(diǎn)，

我們是兩只肉食的蒼鷹，我們翱翔在高空，俯

視下面，

我們是兩個(gè)燦爛的太陽(yáng)，我們?cè)谙裥乔虬闫胶?/p>

著自己，我們是兩顆彗星，

我們張牙舞爪地在樹(shù)林巾梭巡，我們向獵物躍

進(jìn)，

我們是午前午后在上空奔馳的兩朵云，

我們是交混的海洋，我們是兩個(gè)歡樂(lè)的浪頭，

在互相澆潑和連環(huán)翻滾，

我們是大氣、明澈而善于接受，有時(shí)能穿透，

有時(shí)不能，

我們是冰雪，雨水，寒冷，黑暗，我們是地球

上的每種勢(shì)力和產(chǎn)品，

我們繞了一圈又一圈，最后我們又回到家里，

我倆，

我們避免了—切，除了自由和我們自己的歡欣。

李野光譯