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彩虹

凌风 译

当我看见天上的彩虹
　　我的心跳动震盪；
我生命开始时是这样，
现在我成人是这样，
将来我年老也是这样，
　　或让我死亡！
孩子是成人的父亲；
我深愿自己的一生
日复一日持续有自然的虔诚。

The Rainbow

My heart leaps up when I behold
　　A rainbow in the sky;
So was it when my life began,
So is it now I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow old,

　　Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

William Wordsworth, 1770-1850
English poet