一个农民

时间：2013-04-09 03:46:56

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 Iago Prytherch his name, though, be allowed,
 Just an ordinary man of the bald Welsh hill
 Who pens a few sheep in a gap of cloud.
 Docking mangel chipping the green skin
 From the yellow bones with a half-witted grin
 Of satisfaction, or churning（搅拌） the crude earth
 To a stiff sea of clods that glint in the wind-
 
 So are his days spent, his spittled mirth
 Rarer than the sun that cracks the cheeks
 Of the gaunt sky perhaps once in a week.
 And then at night see him fixed1 in his chair
 Motionless except when he leans to gob in the fire.
 There is something frightening in the vacancy2（空缺） of his mind.
 His clothe sour with years of sweat
 And animal contact, shock the refined,
 But affected3, sense with their stark4 naturalness.
 
 Yet this is your prototype, who season by season
 Against siege of rain and the wind's attrition,
 Preserves his stock, an impregnable fortress5
 Not to be stormed even in death's confusion.
 Remember him then, for he, too, is a winner of wars
 Enduring like a tree under the curious stars.
 
 且说他名叫埃古·普莱瑟奇，尽管他
 只是光秃秃的威尔士丘陵中的一个普通人，
 他在云雾弥漫的山谷里圈养了几只绵羊。
 割掉甜菜叶，削去青皮，
 露出黄色的甜菜头，他就傻乎乎地咧开嘴笑，
 很满足，或者把一块荒地
 开凿成许多硬邦邦的土块，散落在风中发亮——
 
 他就这样过着日子，他的放声大笑
 很少见，还不如太阳穿透当地阴沉天空的次数，
 一星期太阳或许还能露出一次笑脸。
 到了夜晚，你可以看见他坐在自己的椅子上
 一动不动，除非要起身朝炉火吐口痰。
 他脑子空白，这一点有些令人恐惧。
 他的衣服，散发着陈年的汗臭
 和牲口的气味，以赤裸裸的自然面貌，
 吓坏了那些自命高雅而虚伪的人。
 
 然而这就是你的原型，一季复一季
 抵抗雨的围攻，风的销蚀，
 他保卫着他的畜群，一个坚不可摧的堡垒，
 即便在受死亡威胁的慌乱中也不会被突袭。
 那么记住他吧，因为他也是战斗中的一个胜利者，
 如好奇的群星下的一棵树那样不朽。

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1 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
2 vacancy EHpy7     
n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺
参考例句：
  • Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
  • The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。
3 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地
参考例句：
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
5 fortress Mf2zz     
n.堡垒，防御工事
参考例句：
  • They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
  • The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。

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