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The Good Shepherd

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The Good Shepherd

Adélia Prado

Let me be leaden（铅灰色的）,

I don't have a shred¹ of courage left.

I can't have or be

or live or die,

I can neither go in or out.

When I clamor for（大声要求） God, He sends me back to time,

to receipts which

-- by order of the government --

I must demand of shady shopkeepers.

Why all this weight on my shoulders?

I didn't ask to be the inspector² of the world,

I want to sin, to be free,

leave the thieves

to their tax obligations.

Everything is forbidden,

there's nowhere for me to be,

it's as if God's smacking³ me around,

pushing me away --

and if asking for help is a sin,

then not asking is insane,

the same as accepting help from the Devil.

Who is this stranger I call Jonathan?

Good God, who am I?

Scorpius（天蝎座） is high in the sky—

in happier days I'd write a line:

"The blaze of Scorpius in the chill of night."

Now, it just sounds like flattery,

the words of a liar,

a windbag⁴ coward.

You won't believe this

-- if you think you're reading a poem --

but someone just handed me a letter:

"I had dentures put in today,

and I do look younger,

but the old-person weariness persists."

And my terror vanished --

because in quoting the letter

I corrected two words,

and no one at the gates of hell

looks to grammar for help.

Thus once more I'm saved by a power,

a compassion

employing the constellations⁵, the mail,

and the same mother tongue

that taught me to wail⁶.

The Merciful One has laid across his shoulders

His weakest lamb.

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1 shred
v.撕成碎片，变成碎片；n.碎布条，细片，些少
参考例句：
There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。 The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。

2 inspector
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
参考例句：
The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。 The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

3 smacking
活泼的，发出响声的，精力充沛的
参考例句：
He gave both of the children a good smacking. 他把两个孩子都狠揍了一顿。 She inclined her cheek,and John gave it a smacking kiss. 她把头低下，约翰在她的脸上响亮的一吻。

4 windbag
n.风囊，饶舌之人，好说话的人
参考例句：
Everyone knows he's a real windbag.大家都知道他是个很罗嗦的人。 Did you ever see such a windbag?你有见过这样饶舌的人?

5 constellations
n.星座( constellation的名词复数 )；一群杰出人物；一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）
参考例句：
The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。来自《简明英汉词典》 His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。来自教父部分

6 wail
vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸
参考例句：
Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。 One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。

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