经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己

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经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己
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　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.
8 d- F8 s' m6 }8 i% B1 U1 Z　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
- \* E4 b3 f5 O+ r4 ]" M; F　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
- E. O9 x6 B6 s4 Q0 d  K" M3 C　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
  S4 z; b% |( `0 G7 V　　Came over houses from another street,
　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
! b: k3 V) q3 r! T. a　　And further still at an unearthly height
　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
0 t' p4 V1 y' L5 s4 J　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
# e. ^5 d" [' t& b　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
2 X& S2 S6 A* i" A8 C" d　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
. u& {# n  A$ }& `' a5 b　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
' E( t8 l* U6 h7 {　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
1 x% L. V6 Z0 ^8 q　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。