自我之歌

宝泉

Song of Myself

自我之歌

by Walt Whitman

沃尔特·惠特曼

I think I could turn and live a while with the animals...

我想我可以和这些动物们一起住一段时间

they are so placid and self-contained,

它们是如此的温和，自给自足

I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.

有时候我可以大半天站着观察它们

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,

他们不焦虑,也不抱怨生存条件

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.

晚上他们也不躺下休息，而是为他们的罪过而哭泣

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God

他们向上帝陈述自己的职责,这一点都不让人讨厌

Not one is dissatisfied...

没有谁是不满意的

not one is demented with the mania of owning things,

没有谁因为占有欲而发狂

Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.

没有谁向谁屈尊下跪，或是盲目崇拜着他们几年前的祖先

Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth

在这片大地上，没有谁是值得尊重或勤劳刻苦的

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

我赞美我自己，歌唱我自己，

And what I assume you shall assume,

我承担的你也将承担，

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

因为属于我的每一个原子也同样属于你。

I loafe and invite my soul,

我闲步，还邀请了我的灵魂，

I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spearof summer grass.

我俯身悠然观察着一片夏日的草叶。

My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,

我的舌，我血液的每个原子，是在这片土壤、这个空气里形成的，

Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,

是这里的父母生下的，父母的父母也是在这里生下的，他们的父母也一样，

I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,

我，现在三十七岁，一生下身体就十分健康，

Hoping to cease not till death.

希望永远如此，直到死去。

Creeds and schools in abeyance,

信条和学派暂时不论，

Retiring back a whilesufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,

且后退一步，明了它们当前的情况已足，但也决不是忘记，

Iharbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,

不论我从善从恶，我允许随意发表意见，

Nature without check with original energy.

顺乎自然，保持原始的活力。