外国英语诗歌欣赏：速度

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外国英语诗歌欣赏：速度　　the people planting potatoes are infected by dawn
　　infected by the sun as it rises
　　quickly they work the world is quick at this time
+ b: t3 O1 u& ]' z, j9 G8 W　　quickly the dew dries quickly the field voles scamper off
　　at times like this you need to be quick labourers
2 ]) i& v% H" V/ r9 Y9 `& D　　are quick to remove their jackets to bare their arms
　　a whole day's work depends on a good morning start this is how
% t3 h) x  [5 B" J6 P$ w$ T　　primary school teachers educate their students they
　　react with speed the invisible world in their classrooms
　　the morning’s Chinese lesson is understood on paper as
　　a few set phrases left over from yesterday
2 k1 |; z% e, D0 J: q　　at dusk the world slows right down
　　the ranks of the earth slow down facing westwards
　　formations of corn-fields and low hills
　　formations of rivers and forests
5 q% u; k  ^  V　　formations of villages and sunflowers
　　everything slows down facing westward
, h. z  H  ^  D+ D8 }8 `* X　　all those shadows dragged over things slow right down
) F9 `3 T" p; N. I) [. p5 Q5 _　　like silk wrapped round the body of night
$ K% b7 B0 R* v# V7 f　　slipping away, bolt by bolt
　　the potato planters carrying their tools
+ Z7 V( P! q5 j" Q. t$ L) e　　mingle with the kids coming home from school
　　they walk slowly over the uplands
- T1 s4 C/ ]! R3 _; f　　home ahead of them not worried about time
　　the children dawdle
　　no more homework to do
- G) R9 r# m, ^2 j　　the adults dawdle
2 }& o% R- Z9 i, R+ I　　because the potatoes have all been planted
- \# V3 v! F  N# b5 j, j8 u' q+ e* Z+ ^* Q　　they’re all so slow
! C& e. h( B/ z, _　　as if the earth had somehow got into their bodies
　　but those things planted at speed
3 p. S1 z& A. a　　have in no sense slowed down nor have they ever gained speed
　　incapable both of speed and slowness
/ f: i& F3 p! e& N　　they’ve simply begun and all they have to do is grow
; t' v/ e! _- Y0 r& h3 X, {2 s　　is be from morning to night
$ \! l# U' M! J. [. P6 X1 q# A　　from spring to autumn
: k, N: B, `. M$ _　　neither hurried nor slow right to the very end
　　种土豆的人们受到黎明的感染
- X. Y4 v5 }/ [/ O　　受到正在上升的太阳的感染
　　活干得很快这时候世界是快的
　　露水干得很快田鼠逃得很快
- R, Y4 {; O/ h2 V5 M2 M　　在这样的时候应该赶快劳动者
) ^' v' w5 F# m6 s1 H　　很快就脱去了上衣光起了膀子
- @% r" e8 |8 y2 s9 t, K& Y* ^2 |　　一日之计在于晨小学教师
( p8 U7 X9 t' C- b- }5 E　　也是这样教育学生他们
　　快速反应着教室里看不见世界
6 w4 S% Z2 h1 p5 Z　　早晨的语文在纸上被理解为
, a8 k" M& s) m! H  `, D9 B# D　　一些昨天剩下的成语
  C3 n1 m% S5 S7 t- P0 B. }. M9 P! g　　在黄昏中世界就慢下来
( M! T3 W5 |7 I5 [! |4 H　　大地的队伍朝着西方慢下来
　　玉米地和山岗的队列
# E6 d0 k5 h/ J$ E8 C9 F　　河流和树林的队列
　　村庄和向日葵的队列
7 I/ r0 t' [/ R9 m: Q　　一切都朝着西方慢下来
　　所有拖在物体上的影子都慢下来
6 e5 V9 r4 i2 d4 R# j5 J1 ]　　像裹着黑夜之身的丝绸
; p! h9 s% P  r' F! U4 n0 k　　一匹匹滑落下去
5 S: t( r8 D4 R8 O1 n# E　　种土豆的人们拎着工具
  d9 G. J2 j" k/ `% x* U　　和离开了学校的孩子们会合
　　在高地上缓慢地走着
　　前面是家他们不担心时间
　　孩子们慢吞吞的
; q! c2 v' H1 f0 }  X　　再没有课外作业
) h  U, R% q) I: P/ u; ]- h　　大人们慢吞吞的
3 }& x* p) p, J# {9 [7 l$ g: Y　　因为土豆已经全部种下
* d, T0 c& [" o' J　　他们那么缓慢
) G2 @. r: v5 _( r3 f" f　　仿佛大地进入了他们的身体
　　那在快速中被种下的东西
/ i" w9 }: L, ?  |　　并没有慢下来也从未快过
　　它们不能快也无法慢
7 s5 A- Y. R7 _6 J5 u　　只是开始了就要生长着
　　就要从早到晚从春天到秋天
　　在着不紧不慢直到结束
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