为你读英语美文 · 第427期

主播：雲昊

《九月的云》

作者：海子，译者：Dan Murphy

September clouds

unfolding burial cloths

September clouds

bright clouds

forced to do so on a plate, I

carve poetry and clouds

I love these beautiful clouds

the gleam on the water

river pushing forward

my language fluent like a stream

loving these beautiful clouds

九月的云

展开殓布

九月的云

晴朗的云

被迫在盘子上，我

刻下诗句和云

我爱这美丽的云

水上有光

河水向前

我一向言语滔滔

我爱着美丽的云

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为你读英语美文 · 第426期 

主播：潇雨, 泽南

Together with you, I want to idle away the time

《我想和你虚度时光》

作者：李元胜，译者：刘敬源 

Together with you, I want to idle away the time, 

Lowering down our heads and watching the fish 

Or walking away after leaving the teacups on the table,

 Ignoring the beautiful shadows they cast. 

我想和你虚度时光，比如低头看鱼

比如把茶杯留在桌子上，离开

浪费它们好看的阴影

I even want to idle away the sunset, 

taking a walk to kill the time till the stars fill up the night sky.

我还想连落日一起浪费，比如散步

一直消磨到星光满天

I also want to idle away the time when the wind arrives,

 sitting in the corridor entranced, 

Till the sorrow clouds in your eyes have blown away out of the window.

我还要浪费风起的时候

坐在走廊发呆，直到你眼中乌云

全部被吹到窗外

I have squandered my world, it passes me by,

Tired and seemingly never loved.

我已经虚度了世界，它经过我

疲倦，又像从未被爱过

However, tomorrow, I will still do the same, idling.

An eyeful of flowers, life should be just as beautiful,

Or meaningless like a movie having been ignored.

Desperate love and life sacrifice bring us a short while of silence.

但是明天我还要这样，虚度

满目的花草，生活应该像它们一样美好

一样无意义，像被虚度的电影

那些绝望的爱和赴死

为我们带来短暂的沉默

I want that we squander each other. 

Together, idle away the short silence and the long meaninglessness

Together, fritter away the delicate ancient universe

Like leaning against a wooden rail and looking down at a mirror, a watery pool,

Till all the things that have been squandered, behind our backs, grow thin wings.

我想和你互相浪费

一起虚度短的沉默，长的无意义

一起消磨精致而苍老的宇宙

比如靠在栏杆上，低头看水的镜子

直到所有被虚度的事物

在我们身后，长出薄薄的翅膀

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为你读英语美文 · 第426期 

主播：潇雨, 泽南

Together with you, I want to idle away the time

《我想和你虚度时光》

作者：李元胜，译者：刘敬源 

Together with you, I want to idle away the time, 

Lowering down our heads and watching the fish 

Or walking away after leaving the teacups on the table,

 Ignoring the beautiful shadows they cast. 

我想和你虚度时光，比如低头看鱼

比如把茶杯留在桌子上，离开

浪费它们好看的阴影

I even want to idle away the sunset, 

taking a walk to kill the time till the stars fill up the night sky.

我还想连落日一起浪费，比如散步

一直消磨到星光满天

I also want to idle away the time when the wind arrives,

 sitting in the corridor entranced, 

Till the sorrow clouds in your eyes have blown away out of the window.

我还要浪费风起的时候

坐在走廊发呆，直到你眼中乌云

全部被吹到窗外

I have squandered my world, it passes me by,

Tired and seemingly never loved.

我已经虚度了世界，它经过我

疲倦，又像从未被爱过

However, tomorrow, I will still do the same, idling.

An eyeful of flowers, life should be just as beautiful,

Or meaningless like a movie having been ignored.

Desperate love and life sacrifice bring us a short while of silence.

但是明天我还要这样，虚度

满目的花草，生活应该像它们一样美好

一样无意义，像被虚度的电影

那些绝望的爱和赴死

为我们带来短暂的沉默

I want that we squander each other. 

Together, idle away the short silence and the long meaninglessness

Together, fritter away the delicate ancient universe

Like leaning against a wooden rail and looking down at a mirror, a watery pool,

Till all the things that have been squandered, behind our backs, grow thin wings.

我想和你互相浪费

一起虚度短的沉默，长的无意义

一起消磨精致而苍老的宇宙

比如靠在栏杆上，低头看水的镜子

直到所有被虚度的事物

在我们身后，长出薄薄的翅膀

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为你读英语美文 · 第425期 
主播：永清

Perhaps Love
作者：John Denver 

Perhaps love is like a resting place
也许爱就像一片栖息地

A shelter from the storm
来自风暴里的避风港

It exists to give you comfort
为了安抚你受伤的心灵而存在

It is there to keep you warm
无时无刻不温暖着你

And in those times of trouble
当你遇到麻烦

When you are most alone
当你孤独无依的时候

The memory of love will bring you home
爱的回忆会把你带回家

Perhaps love is like a window
也许爱就像一扇窗

Perhaps an open door
也许是敞开的大门

It invites you to come closer
把你的心拉近

It wants to show you more
然后给你更多的爱

And even if you lose yourself
即便你迷失自己

And don't know what to do
不知道该怎么办

The memory of love will see you through
爱的回忆会见证你的突破

Love to some is like a cloud
对有些人来说爱如云般温柔

To some as strong as steel
对有些人来说爱像钢铁般坚毅

For some a way of living
对有些人而言爱是一种生活方式

For some a way to feel
对有些人而言爱是一种感觉

And some say love is holding on
对有些人而言爱是一种坚持

And some say letting go
对有些人而言爱是一种放手

And some say love is everything
对有些人而言爱是一切

And some say they don't know
而有些人说他们也不知道爱是什么

Perhaps love is like the ocean
也许爱就是浩瀚无垠的海洋

Full of conflict, full of pain
充满了冲突布满了苦痛

Like a fire when it's cold outside
像寒冷世界的一团火苗

Or thunder when it rains
或者是雨中的雷鸣

If I should live forever
如果我能永生

And all my dreams come true
并且梦想成真

My memories of love will be of you
我爱的记忆只是你

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为你读英语美文 · 第424期 
主播：罗斌

April Showers Bring May Flowers
四月的雨带来五月的花

From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms of verdant Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would take heed. In more recent times, this truth has been expressed as: April showers bring May flowers. This is a truth that promises light bursting from darkness, strength born from weakness and, if one dares to believe, life emerging from death.

从美国中西部金色的田野，到巴勒斯坦嫩绿色的古老疆土，那些留心观察的人共享着同一个快乐真理。近来这一真理被阐述为：四月的雨带来五月的花。这一真理预示光明会从黑暗中迸发；刚强生自软弱；如果你敢确信，生命会从死亡中萌发！

Farmers all over the world know the importance and immutability of the seasons. They know that there is a season to plant and a season to harvest; everything must be done in its own time. Although the rain pours down with the utmost relentlessness, ceasing all outdoor activities, the man of the field lifts his face to the heavens and smiles. Despite the inconvenience, he knows that the rain provides the nourishment his crops need to grow and flourish. The torrential rains in the month of April, give rise to the glorious flowers in the month of May.

全世界的农民们都明白季节的重要性和永恒性。他们知道在哪个季节播种，哪个季节收获，每件事都必须应时而做！虽然暴雨无情地倾盆而下，迫使所有的户外劳作停止，但土地的主人会仰天微笑。尽管有诸多不便，但是他知道，雨会为他的庄稼带来繁茂生长所需的营养。四月里的豪雨，会带来五月里的繁花似锦。

But this ancient truth applies to more than the crops of the fields; it is an invaluable message of hope to all who experience tragedy in life. A dashed relationship with one can open up the door to a brand new friendship with another. A lost job here can provide the opportunity for a better job there. A broken dream can become the foundation of a wonderful future. Everything has its place.

但是这一古老真理并不只适用于田里的庄稼，它还是那些正经历着人生磨难的人的无限希冀：一段友谊的受挫会开启另一段崭新友谊的大门；此处失去的工作会提供彼处更好的工作机会；一个梦想的破灭会成为美好未来的基石。万物皆有道！

Remember this: overwhelming darkness may endure for a night, but it will never overcome the radiant light of the morning. When you are in a season of sorrow, hang in there, because a season of joy may be just around the corner…

请谨记：势不可挡的黑暗或有一晚，但它永远无法阻挡清晨的万丈光芒！当你正处于悲伤之季，请坚持住，因为欢乐的季节也许马上就会到来……

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为你读英语美文 · 第423期 
主播：永清


How to Meditate 
《如何冥想》
Chapter 3 Meditation on Impermanence
第3章 对无常的冥想
作者：Kathleen MacDonald，翻译：永清


Everything in the physical world is impermanent, changing all the time. Some changes are obvious: people grow up, get old, and die; buildings and bridges wear out and fall apart. The environment goes through a complete transformation from one season to the next; flowers wilt, paint cracks and peels, cars break down. 
物理世界里的一切事物都是变化无常的。有些变化显而易见：人们长大，变老，死亡：建筑物, 桥梁磨损和倒塌。环境从一个季节到下一个季节的彻底转换；花会枯萎，油漆会开裂和剥落，汽车会抛锚。


Our conscious world is also changing constantly. Sometimes we are happy, sometimes depressed; sometimes we feel full of love, other times full of anger. Memories of conversations and events, thoughts of the future, ideas about this and that fill our minds one after the other. A few moments of looking inward will show us how quickly the mind is changing: it’s like a railway station at rush hour! Streams of thoughts, feelings and perceptions flash by, in every direction, without ceasing. 
我们的意识世界也在不断变化。我们有时快乐，有时沮丧；我们有时感到被爱包围，有时被愤怒充斥。对交谈和事件的回忆，对未来的想法，关于这个那个的想法，一个接一个地填满我们的脑海。花几分钟时间看看我们的内心，就发现我们思想变化的速度有多快；就像高峰时段的火车站！思想、感情和感知从四面八方闪过，川流不息。


This constant change is the reality of things, but we find it very difficult to accept. Intellectually, it is not a problem; but real acceptance of impermanence rarely, if ever, enters our everyday behavior and experience. Instinctively, we cling to people and things as if they were permanent and unchanging. We don’t want the nice person or the beautiful object to change, and firmly believe that the irritating person will never be different. And when we are depressed or dissatisfied, we think we will be that way forever. 
这种不断的变化是事物的本质，但我们却难以接受。理智地说，这不是问题；但要真正接受变化无常，却非易事，如果有可能, 进入到我们的日常行为和经历里。本能地，我们会紧紧抓住人和事物，仿佛他们是永恒不变的。我们不希望好人或美丽的事物改变，并坚信，易怒的人永远不会有所不同。当我们沮丧或不满时，我们认为我们将永远这样。


We cling especially strongly to our view of our own personality: ”I am a depressed person,” “I am an angry person,” “ I am not very intelligent.” We might indeed be this or that, but it is not the whole picture nor will it always be like that; it will change. 
我们特别强烈地坚持自己对个性的看法："我是一个抑郁的人"，"我是一个愤怒的人"，"我不是很聪明"。我们可能确实是这样的或那样的，但这不代表全部，也不会总是这样，看法会改变。


By not recognizing impermanence we meet with frustration, irritation, grief, loneliness, and countless other problems. We can avoid experiencing them by becoming familiar with the transitory nature of things, recognizing that they are in a constant state of flux. Gradually we will learn to expect, and accept change as the nature of life. 
如果不能认可变化和无常，我们就会遇到挫折，恼怒，悲伤，孤独和无数其他问题。我们可以通过熟悉事物讯息万变的本质来避免经历这些，认识到事物处于不断变化的状态。渐渐地，我们将学会期待，接受改变是生活的本质。


We will understand not only the changes simply happen but also that we can bring bout changes. We have the power to change what we are, to develop and transform our minds and lives. 
我们不仅会明白这些改变只是发生了，而且我们也能带来改变。我们有能力改变现状，发展和改变我们的思想和生活。


Our mind is composed of many parts: thoughts, perceptions, feelings, memories and images following one after the other, ceaselessly. Spend a few minutes simply observing the ever-changing flow of experiences in your mind, like someone looking out of a window onto a busy street, watching the cars and pedestrians passing by. Don't cling to anything that you see in your mind, don't judge or make comments ? just observe and try to get a sense of the impermanent, ever-changing nature of your mind. 
我们的意识由许多部分组成：思想、感知、感觉、记忆和图像，一个接一个，永不停歇。花几分钟时间观察你脑海里不断变化的经历，就像从窗外望向一条繁忙的街道，看着汽车和行人经过。不执着于任何你在头脑中看到的东西，不评判或发表评论——只是观察并试着去感受你意识里无常的、不断变化的本质。


It is unrealistic and self-defeating to cling to things as though they were permanent. Whatever is beautiful and pleasing will change and eventually disappear, so we can’t expect it to give us lasting happiness. Also whatever is unpleasant or disturbing won’t last forever-it might even change for the better! So there is no need to be upset, or to reject it. 
坚信永恒不变是不现实的，也会带来挫败感。无论多么美丽和令人愉悦的事物终将改变并最终消失，所以我们不能指望它们能给我们恒久的幸福。当然，任何不愉快或令人不安的事物也不会一直持续下去-甚至可能变得更好！因此，没有必要感到不安，或拒绝。




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为你读英语美文 · 第421期
主播：永清


《吉檀迦利》第十二篇
作者：泰戈尔，译者：冰心


The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.
我旅行的时间很长，旅途也是很长的。


I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.
天刚破晓，我就驱车起行，穿遍广漠的世界，在许多星球之上，留下辙痕。


It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself, and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune.
离你最近的地方，路途最远，最简单的音调，需要最艰苦的练习。


The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.
旅客要在每个生人门口敲叩，才能敲到自己的家门，人要在外面到处漂流，最后才能走到最深的内殿。


My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said `Here art thou!'
我的眼睛向空阔处四望，最后才合上眼说：“你原来在这里！”


The question and the cry `Oh, where?' melt into tears of a thousand streams and deluge the world with the flood of the assurance `I am!'
这句问话和呼唤“呵，在哪儿呢？”融化在千股的泪泉里，和你保证的回答“我在这里！”的洪流，一同泛滥了全世界。


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为你读英语美文 · 第420期 

主播：潇雨

Outside the Window

《窗外》

作者：周瓒

Often, I imagine lifting my head from the page.

我时常想象自己抬起头，从书页上

I imagine seeing a fraction of the sea,

我想象自己，看到了一片海

its field of blue, beyond the window's edge.

有蓝色的液体，游过窗棂

But all I glimpse is one small part of the ocean.

但我所能领受的，只是一小片海域

So I say to myself, that's not

我告诉自己，那从来就不是

its full depth or expanse—

全部的深广，况且

besides, I'm sitting in one place.

我坐在一个固定的地方

It alerts me, imagination has limits.

它提醒我，想象，也不能是无限的

I know it, too, must begin somewhere;

想象有一个天然的出发点

perhaps it has the freedom

也许它有自由

of the sea bird's wings—

如海鸟一样的翅膀

like those our soul covets—

而我们的心灵能够

offering us breaches,

提供树枝

feeding our daydreams on a perched fulcrum

供白日的梦想，一个栖息的支点

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为你读英语美文 · 第419期 
主播：雲昊

Summer Outside the Window
窗外的夏天
作者：顾城

Through the deep night a voice cries on and on
那个声音在深夜里哭了好久

when the sun rises
太阳升起来

the drops of rain sparkle briefly
所有雨滴都闪耀一下

then transform into steam
变成了温暖的水气

but I do not go to wipe off the glass
我没有去擦玻璃

I know that the sky is blue
我知道天很蓝

and every tree raises its hair in its hands
每棵树都龇着头发

in that sound of snapping castanets
在那“嘎嘎”地错着响板

would be a big black beetle in search of food
都想成为一只巨大的捕食性昆虫

Everything is so distant
一切多么远了

We were once as weak as a morning cicada
我们曾像早晨的蝉一样软弱

wings soaked through
翅膀是湿的

and leaves thick, we were young
叶片是厚厚的，我们年轻


knew nothing
什么也不知道，


and didn't want to know
不想知道

all we knew was that the dreams might float up
只知道，梦会飘

might carry us into the daylight
会把我们带进白天

clouds might walk along the wind
云会在风中走路

and the water of the lake might gather the light into flames
湖水会把光亮聚成闪烁的镜子

We look out at leaves turning green
我们看着青青的叶片

Still I didn't want to know
我还是不想知道

and have not got up to wipe off the glass
没有去擦玻璃

dark green waves of summer rise and fall
墨绿色的夏天波浪起伏

oars knocking, knocking
桨在敲击

fish parting the glossy current
鱼在分开光滑的水流

the smile of the red bathing suit slowly vanishing
红游泳衣的笑声在不断隐没

everything is so distant
一切多么远了

and still the summer procrastinates
那个夏天还在拖延

and now the whispers end
那个声音已经停止

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为你读英语美文 · 第419期 
主播：永清

Life Resides in Waiting
《生命需要等待》节选
作者：詹克明，翻译：佚名

Many desert plants have a very brief life cycle: they can run through the whole course of life in just a few days after rain. As described by a friend from Gansu province, a certain flowering plant in the Gobi Desert, on the heels of a soaking rain, is able to sprout, take roots, grow leaves, blossom and bear fruit all within a lifespan of merely eight days. 

许多沙漠植物生命周期都很短促，他们能在下雨过后的短短几天内就完成一次生命全程。听甘肃的一位先生说，戈壁上有一种植物，只要一场雨，它就立即抽芽，急速地生根、长叶、开花、结果，仅在八天里就能完成一株显花植物全部的生命周期。

Then seeds of the new generation will enter the same inactive, waiting phase of existence. In the Gobi Desert, which seldom sees a single sufficient rain in a whole year, a plant may wait two years for only eight days' glory of life. For these desert plants, contrary to common sense, waiting constitutes the main part of life.

此后，新一代的种子又会重新归于安静的等待。在这片一年也未必能下场透雨的戈壁滩上，也许等待了两年时间就是为了这历时八天的生命辉煌。对这些沙漠植物来说，也许等待反倒是生命的主要存在方式。

All life involves a waiting phase. We can even go so far as to say that a living thing, without the ability to wait, is not qualified for existence in this world.

生命必须包含等待，甚至可以说，没有学会等待的生命就不具备生存的资格。

In addition, the waiting ones are sober-minded. They know the waiting phase of life calls for ready acceptance of silence and solitude, as well as a cool head to size up the situation and act at the right moment. This waiting includes the potential for action and embodies the tensions of life. There may of course be dead seeds, but otherwise, no seeds will oversleep and refuse to wake up or stay idle and hesitate over whether to take action. 

等待者永远醒着。生命的等待既需要一种安于寂寞的静守，又需要一种审时度势的清醒。这是一种伺机而发的等待，一种充满着生命张力的等待。可以有失去生命的种子，但决不会有睡过头、唤不醒的种子，也没有怠惰懒散、迷离惝恍的种子。

They are highly alert to the changing temperature and humidity with a view to seize the right chance. What is more surprising to us is that they even know the direction of gravity. By dint of a certain sense organ in them they let their young roots strike downward and their sprouts shoot upward. 

它们个个清醒，都对温度、湿度等重要环境因素常备不懈地保持高度警觉，时刻都在捕捉春天的信息。更令人不解的是，萌发的种子凭着什么感觉器官，竟然能够知觉地球引力方向，它会让先钻出来的胚根向“下”生长，而让随后长出的胚芽向“上”伸张。

Some seeds receive even more care from their mother plants. For instance, a species of toadflax boasts a sensitive mechanism which directs its stems to carry its capsules away from the light and release the seeds in places cool and moist, thus more congenial to germination. Doesn't this show a mother's affection towards her offspring?

它们有时还得惠于母本的高级知觉，例如常春藤叶彩雀花，母体茎干会带着蒴果避开亮光，爬到更适宜种子发芽的阴湿墙角处爆开种子，它竟然能对子代出世体现出一种充满母爱的关怀。

For all forms of life, the waiting phase can be seen as an arrow on a taut bowstring. Aimed at growth, it silently waits for the right signal from Nature.

对生命而言，等待永远是一支瞄向“发展”的满弓弦箭，它时刻都在屏息静听，候望天命信号。

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