经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己

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经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己

　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
" R3 X7 N2 c7 T6 E/ @( [$ P# }" x4 W　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.
　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
" R# E% A: M/ N8 B0 |( R6 b9 ^9 ^　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
' v* K% H  z  S. h6 g* h' n- E　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
9 u8 k4 E- H; s) J, I　　And further still at an unearthly height
6 E+ K6 R% \- Y, s0 f1 o. b　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
$ v! q; i- S/ r8 i$ U  ]6 L　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
" V6 w8 O+ y9 _: i' \　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
  {- M/ ^& |  x5 w　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
! x. n0 x# T' U* Y4 S5 U　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
- K2 g1 j  q8 B1 u% ~. h　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
: N) O9 ]% }) T% W' C　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
3 F) U, }( r0 ?: @* |& s* Q　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
2 `/ _  ?1 M: I　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
- Q& b  ?# ^% e2 K% b" o/ ?6 v　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
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