Adlestrop - Edward Thomas

艾德尔索普 - Edward Thomas

Yes, I remember Adlestrop -- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly.

是的，我记得艾德尔索普--它的名字，因为在一个天气很热的下午，特快列车反常地在那儿停下。

It was late June.

那时候是六月底。

The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.

蒸汽嘶嘶响。有人清了清喉咙。

No one left and no one came On the bare platform.

没人离开也没人来到空空的月台上。

What I saw Was Adlestrop -- only the name And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,

我所看见的就是艾德尔索普——只是它的名字和柳树、柳叶菜，还有青草，蚊子草，晒干的圆锥形草堆，

No whit less still and lonely fair Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

一样宁静，一样有寂寞的美，同那高高悬在天空的微云。

And for that minute a blackbird sang Close by, and round him, mistier,

就在那一刻附近一只乌鸫叫起来，在它周围，隐隐，

Farther and farther, all the birds Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

从远处、更远处，传来百鸟的啼鸣，从牛津郡和格洛斯特郡