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第二十七首
笔挺地站着,踩踏磨坊的转轮
To Stand Up Straight and Tread the Turning Mill
英国 A. E. 豪斯曼原著
Alfred Edward Housman (1859 – 1936)
徐家祯翻译
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,
To lie flat and know nothing and be still,
Are the two trades of man; and which is worse
I know not, but I know that both are ill.
笔挺地站着,踩踏磨坊的转轮,
平躺着,一无所知,安适宁静
这两种工作,哪种较差?
我不知道,只知道两者都有病。