The Mailman

时间:2008-09-05 03:18:57

(单词翻译:单击)

 

  It is midnight.

  He comes up the walk

  and knocks at the door.

  I rush to greet him.

  He stands there weeping,

  shaking a letter at me.

  He tells me it contains

  terrible personal news.

  He falls to his knees.

  “Forgive me! Forgive me!” he pleads.

  I ask him inside.

  He wipes his eyes.

  His dark blue suit

  is like an inkstain

  on my crimson1 couch.

  Helpless, nervous, small,

  he curls up like a ball

  and sleeps while I compose

  more letters to myself

  in the same vein2:

  You shall live

  by inflicting3 pain.

  You shall forgive.

 


 

  那是午夜。

  他从人行道上走来

  敲响了门。

  我冲过去欢迎他。

  他站在那儿哭泣,

  向我挥动一封信。

  他告诉我那里面装着

  私人的坏消息。

  他屈膝跪了下来。

  “原谅我!原谅我!”他恳求道。

  我请他进屋。

  他擦着泪眼。

  他那暗蓝制服

  像块墨水污渍

  在我深红的睡椅上。

  无助,不安,渺小,

  他蜷起身子像个球

  睡着了,与此同时

  我以同样的笔触

  为自己编织更多的书信:

  你要活下去

  靠着制造痛苦。

  你要宽恕。


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1 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
2 vein fi9w0     
n.血管,静脉;叶脉,纹理;情绪;vt.使成脉络
参考例句:
  • The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
  • The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。
3 inflicting 1c8a133a3354bfc620e3c8d51b3126ae     
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
  • It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

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