Song of Myself (excerpt)
自我之歌（選段）
I think I could turn and live a while with the animals...
我想我可以轉而和動物生活一陣子…
They are so placid and self-contained,
牠們那樣溫和，那樣獨立，
I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.
我有時候站在那裡注視牠們半天。
我有時候站在那裡注視牠們半天。
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
牠們不為自己的處境煩惱和抱怨，
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.
不會躺在黑暗中徹夜不眠，為自己的罪孽流淚。
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
牠們不會談論對上主的責任而令我作嘔，
Not one is dissatisfied...
沒有一隻感到憤懣不平...
Not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
沒有一隻為滿足物慾而發狂，
牠們不為自己的處境煩惱和抱怨，
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.
不會躺在黑暗中徹夜不眠，為自己的罪孽流淚。
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
牠們不會談論對上主的責任而令我作嘔，
Not one is dissatisfied...
沒有一隻感到憤懣不平...
Not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
沒有一隻為滿足物慾而發狂，
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.
沒有一隻向另一隻，或向幾千年前活過的同類屈膝膜拜。
Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth.
全球沒有一隻關心自己的名聲或生產力。
Walter Whitman, American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist.
華特·惠特曼，美國詩人、散文家、新聞工作者及人文主義者。
沒有一隻向另一隻，或向幾千年前活過的同類屈膝膜拜。
Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth.
全球沒有一隻關心自己的名聲或生產力。
Walter Whitman, American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist.
華特·惠特曼，美國詩人、散文家、新聞工作者及人文主義者。
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