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I
迎着雄风我大步行走
Against the burly air I strode,
呼喊上帝的奇迹。
Where the tight ocean heaves its load,
Crying the miracles of God.
首先我带来大海
压在陆地的自重上；
And first I brought the sea to bear
浪花在我的祈祷中舞动，
Upon the dead weight of the land;
大河卵生它们的沙子。
And the waves flourished at my prayer,
The rivers spawned their sand.
溪流富含盐质而饱满的地方
坚韧而执拗的鲑鱼奋力游动，
And where the streams were salt and full,
在浪涛的引力下，撞击落潮，
The tough pig-headed salmon strove,
好抵达上面平稳的山峦。
Curbing the ebb and the tide’s pull
To reach the steady hills above.
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II
第二天我站立着并且看见
鱼鹰脚爪扣起一头扎下，
The second day I stood and saw
沿着水岸飘洒血迹，
The osprey plunge with triggered claw,
把活生生的筋腱坦露。
Feathering blood along the shore,
To lay the living sinew bare.
第三天我呼喊：‘当心
柔声的猫头鹰，雪貂的微笑，
III
夜鹰在空中从容的俯冲，
冷酷的眼睛，身体环箍如铁，
And I renounced, on the fourth day,
永远唯杀戮是图。’
This fierce and unregenerate clay,
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Building as a huge myth for man
The watery Leviathan,
而在第四天，我宣布放弃，
这野性不知悔改的泥胎，
And made the glove-winged albatross
Scour the ashes of the sea
如同给人一个巨大的谜语
Where Capricorn and Zero cross,
建造水造的利维坦，
A brooding immortality—
Such as the charméd phoenix has
让翅膀修整伸展的信天翁
In the unwithering tree.
急掠过大海的灰烬
在摩羯座和零度子午线相交处，
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徘徊萦绕的不朽——
像不会凋残的树上
The phoenix burns as cold as frost;
为魔法护佑的凤凰所拥有。
And, like a legendary ghost
The phantom-bird goes wild and lost,
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Upon pointless ocean tossed.
凤凰寒霜般冰冷地燃尽；
So, the fifth day, I turned again
就像一个传说中的幽灵，
To flesh and blood and the blood’s pain.
那幽魂之鸟变得狂野，
抛掷在无意义的大洋上不知所踪。
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于是，第五天，我又转向
On the sixth day, as I rode
血肉之躯以及血的痛苦。
In haste about the works of God,
With spurs I plucked the horse’s blood.
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By blood we live, the hot, the cold
在第六天，当我匆忙
To ravage and redeem the world:
奔驰在上帝的杰作上，
There is no bloodless myth will hold.
用马刺我拔出马的鲜血。
And by Christ’s blood are men made free
我们靠血而活，热的，冷的，
Though in close shrouds their bodies lie
蹂躏或挽救世界：
Under the rough pelt of the sea;
没有无血的神话能够长存。
Though Earth has rolled beneath her weight
而借基督的血人获得自由
The bones that cannot bear the light.
尽管他们的尸体紧裹在尸布中
在大海粗野的怒击下；
尽管大地在她的重量下
碾碎不能承载光的骨头。