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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Emily Dickinson

希望长着翅膀

作者/艾米丽.迪金森

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sing the tune without the words

And never stops at all

希望是长着翅膀的鸟儿，

栖居在人们的灵魂之中，

吟唱着没有歌词的曲调，

永无止息。

And sweetest in the gale is heard

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm

在风暴中它的歌声最为甜美；

风暴必然会带来痛苦，

风暴会令小鸟窘困惊慌，

它却留给我们如斯温暖。

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land

And on the strangest sea

Yet, never, in extremity

It asked a crumb of me

我已在最荒寒的陆地上，

听到过它的歌唱，

也在最陌生的海洋中...