英语晨读诗歌欣赏：旅途

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英语晨读诗歌欣赏：旅途　　One day you finally knew
　　what you had to do, and began,
　　though the voices around you
( ?4 H: ?6 Q- D2 p1 b　　kept shouting
- O  W4 Y+ ~( O　　their bad advice--
4 s9 z( ^  Q6 j　　有一天，你终于知道，
! A' n( Y" _& Y; E- Z; v　　什么是你必须得做，并开始去做，
　　虽然你周围的声音，
- Y. _  x, a* ~# X　　一直喊出，
　　其各种糟糕的建议——
　　though the whole house
  N; g5 E3 d, Z' D. o　　began to tremble
　　and you felt the old tug
- f5 k) V: ^/ B8 l$ E0 L　　at your ankles.
　　“Mend my life!”
　　each voice cried.
" T* K3 E9 W/ G2 S$ g- z　　But you didn’t stop.
5 x) _6 }; F" }: D5 W　　You knew what you had to do,
0 C& T: z& T( }# V& ~" v5 r　　虽然整个房子，
" h+ @: o8 l* U) r6 y& [: f　　开始颤抖，
* s' E* L! k4 F" n: g5 Z　　你亦感到那条旧绳索，
　　绊住了你的脚踝。
　　“修补我的人生!”
6 `1 k0 t% ]) L: y　　每个声音都在哭喊。
　　但你并没停止。
　　你知道什么是你必须得做的，
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　　though the wind pried
2 g8 {8 {& G* e& e6 z% z4 L! _　　with its stiff fingers
　　at the very foundation
+ @) m- w/ d! z7 H  P8 k　　though their melancholy
2 {4 O* z# ~* I! c' E1 e$ |3 F1 \　　was terrible.
　　It was already late
* \  f* {# \; v% ~+ A9 S　　enough, and a wild night,
: m  I1 u) r6 M: J　　and the road full of fallen
6 I* N% D  l! M2 F& H* d  F　　branches and stones.
4 h) ]# i7 {0 [3 M( g' o( f　　虽然风用它僵硬的手指，
) A# H7 ^0 G/ D$ z) O) u& I0 r　　直往根基，
　　撬捣，
　　虽然它们的忧郁，
" y$ J+ P( V# C% w　　着实可怕。
　　天色，
! O& \" `1 d8 a* G3 k　　已经很晚，这是个疯狂的夜晚，
　　路上满是倒下的，
　　断枝和石头。
　　But little by little,
3 ^+ S  F1 d: |+ J& r- C　　as you left their voices behind,
　　the stars began to burn
% u' `2 q0 p1 O) ^. ?$ r% x% n　　through the sheets of clouds
　　and there was a new voice
) j2 M% w6 g/ c& v# p' k0 D, n0 l% N　　which you slowly
$ y1 G. u1 v/ k2 ?7 k( [　　recognized as your own,
6 ]- W. t8 W/ @/ W8 {- z" S3 m　　that kept you company
4 A4 R( O6 T2 C4 W7 j! y- Q1 U& y　　as you strode deeper and deeper
　　into the world,
) k6 u2 [0 R4 U　　determined to do
* F' \! [4 Z" _4 s- Q$ M$ h1 j　　the only thing you could do--
) H8 d( h' A7 F4 ]2 n8 a- J  s3 D　　determined to save
　　the only life you could save.