It is Sunday now, John, and all have gone to church. The 1)wagons have done passing and I have come out in the new grass to listen to the 2)anthems. Three or four hens have followed me and we sit side by side. And while they crow and whisper, I'll tell you what I see today, and what I would that you saw.
You remember the 3)crumbling wall that divides us from Mr. Sweetzer; and the crumbling 4)elms and evergreens and other crumbling things that spring and fade and cast their bloom within a simple twelve months? Well they are here! And skies on me fair and far that Italy in blue eye look down, up. See? Away a league from here on the way to heaven. And here a 5)robin's just got home and 6)giddy crows and 7)jays and -- will you trust me as I live -- here's a 8)bumblebee. Not such as summer brings, John, earnest 9)manly bees, but a kind of a 10)cockney, dressed in 11)jaunty clothes. Much that is 12)gay have I to show. If you were here with me, John, upon this April grass!
Then there are sadder features. Here and there, wings have gone to dust that 13)fluttered so last year, a 14)moldering prune, an empty house in which a bird 15)resided where last year's flies their 16)errand ran and last year's 17)crickets fell. We too are flying, fading, John. And the song here lies soon upon the lips that live us now will have 18)hummed and ended.
Thank you for your letter, John. Glad I was to get it, and gladder had I got them both. And glad indeed to see if in your heart another lies bound one day to me amid your momentous cares, pleasant to know that langsyne has its own place. That 19)nook and 20)cranny still retain their accustomed guest and when busier cares and dustier days and 21)cobwebs less on frequent shut what was away. Still as a 22)ballad hummed and lost, remember early friend and drop a tear if a 23)troubadour that 24)strain may chance to sing.
愛米莉.迪金森的一封信
約翰：今天是禮拜天，他們?nèi)忌辖烫萌チ?。車子消失了蹤影，我走到新長出的草地上傾聽著贊美詩。有三、四只母雞尾隨著我，我們并排坐在一起。它們嘰嘰咕咕地竊竊私語著，我要告訴你我今日的所見所聞，還有我將見到的那些你所看過的舊景舊物。
你可還記得隔著斯威則先生和我們的那堵爛墻，還有那些斑駁的榆樹、常青樹、以及別的摧枯拉朽的東西嗎？在短短的十二個(gè)月里，它們由榮至枯，接而又復(fù)蘇了生機(jī)。噯，它們就在這兒呢！我頭頂上，意大利的晴空遼遠(yuǎn)，藍(lán)色的眼睛向下俯視著。就在上邊。你看到了嗎？一群隊(duì)伍經(jīng)過，遠(yuǎn)去了，走向天國。一只知更鳥正在歸巢，這兒還有令人眼花繚亂的烏鴉與鳥兒，還有--無論如何請(qǐng)相信我--這兒還有一只大黃蜂。約翰，它可不像夏天里那些辛勤而雄赳赳的蜜蜂，而像是一個(gè)穿戴洋洋自得的倫敦東區(qū)的人。我一定得把這告訴你，這多讓人感到欣喜快樂呀。約翰，如果你能和我一同在這四月的青草上，那該有多好！
還有些事是讓人傷心的。每一處，去年曾經(jīng)拍打的羽翼都化成了塵土，李子在腐爛，那座房子--鳥兒曾在里面棲息，去年蠅還在那兒奔忙，去年蟋蟀還在那兒戲耍--如今卻已空空。我們也同樣會(huì)飛舞著，然后老去，約翰。如今在我們唇上輕繞的曲子很快也要唱完了。
謝謝你的來信，約翰。我很高興收到了信，更高興的是收到了兩封?？吹皆谀阈闹杏幸环輰?duì)我的深切關(guān)懷的確令我開懷，明白到你對(duì)舊情的珍重令我喜悅。有時(shí)候，忙碌、塵封的歲月與蛛網(wǎng)也不會(huì)將往日隔離，在我心靈深處，仍有一個(gè)僻靜的角落永遠(yuǎn)都等待著故友的來訪。那么在游吟詩人歌唱的時(shí)候，記著你的舊日朋友吧，也別忘了灑一滴清淚，無論歌謠唱起唱畢。
1) wagon n. 四輪馬車，貨車 2) anthem n. 圣歌，贊美詩
3) crumbling a. 破爛的，崩潰的 4) elm n. 榆樹
5) robin n. 知更鳥
6) giddy a. 眼花繚亂的，輕率的 7) jay n. 鳥
8) bumblebee n. 大黃蜂，土蜂
9) manly a. 雄赳赳的 10) cockney n. 倫敦東區(qū)人
11) jaunty a. 感到自信和自滿的 12) gay a. 快樂的注釋：
13) flutter v. 拍打
14) moldering a. 腐朽的，崩潰的 15) reside v. 居住
16) errand n. 差使，跑腿
17) cricket n. 蟋蟀
18) hum v. 嗡嗡叫，哼
19) nook n. 隱蔽處
20) cranny n. 裂縫 21) cobweb n. 蜘蛛網(wǎng)
22) ballad n. 歌謠
23) troubadour n. 行吟詩人，民謠歌手
24) strain v. 扭傷，拉緊
You remember the 3)crumbling wall that divides us from Mr. Sweetzer; and the crumbling 4)elms and evergreens and other crumbling things that spring and fade and cast their bloom within a simple twelve months? Well they are here! And skies on me fair and far that Italy in blue eye look down, up. See? Away a league from here on the way to heaven. And here a 5)robin's just got home and 6)giddy crows and 7)jays and -- will you trust me as I live -- here's a 8)bumblebee. Not such as summer brings, John, earnest 9)manly bees, but a kind of a 10)cockney, dressed in 11)jaunty clothes. Much that is 12)gay have I to show. If you were here with me, John, upon this April grass!
Then there are sadder features. Here and there, wings have gone to dust that 13)fluttered so last year, a 14)moldering prune, an empty house in which a bird 15)resided where last year's flies their 16)errand ran and last year's 17)crickets fell. We too are flying, fading, John. And the song here lies soon upon the lips that live us now will have 18)hummed and ended.
Thank you for your letter, John. Glad I was to get it, and gladder had I got them both. And glad indeed to see if in your heart another lies bound one day to me amid your momentous cares, pleasant to know that langsyne has its own place. That 19)nook and 20)cranny still retain their accustomed guest and when busier cares and dustier days and 21)cobwebs less on frequent shut what was away. Still as a 22)ballad hummed and lost, remember early friend and drop a tear if a 23)troubadour that 24)strain may chance to sing.
愛米莉.迪金森的一封信
約翰：今天是禮拜天，他們?nèi)忌辖烫萌チ?。車子消失了蹤影，我走到新長出的草地上傾聽著贊美詩。有三、四只母雞尾隨著我，我們并排坐在一起。它們嘰嘰咕咕地竊竊私語著，我要告訴你我今日的所見所聞，還有我將見到的那些你所看過的舊景舊物。
你可還記得隔著斯威則先生和我們的那堵爛墻，還有那些斑駁的榆樹、常青樹、以及別的摧枯拉朽的東西嗎？在短短的十二個(gè)月里，它們由榮至枯，接而又復(fù)蘇了生機(jī)。噯，它們就在這兒呢！我頭頂上，意大利的晴空遼遠(yuǎn)，藍(lán)色的眼睛向下俯視著。就在上邊。你看到了嗎？一群隊(duì)伍經(jīng)過，遠(yuǎn)去了，走向天國。一只知更鳥正在歸巢，這兒還有令人眼花繚亂的烏鴉與鳥兒，還有--無論如何請(qǐng)相信我--這兒還有一只大黃蜂。約翰，它可不像夏天里那些辛勤而雄赳赳的蜜蜂，而像是一個(gè)穿戴洋洋自得的倫敦東區(qū)的人。我一定得把這告訴你，這多讓人感到欣喜快樂呀。約翰，如果你能和我一同在這四月的青草上，那該有多好！
還有些事是讓人傷心的。每一處，去年曾經(jīng)拍打的羽翼都化成了塵土，李子在腐爛，那座房子--鳥兒曾在里面棲息，去年蠅還在那兒奔忙，去年蟋蟀還在那兒戲耍--如今卻已空空。我們也同樣會(huì)飛舞著，然后老去，約翰。如今在我們唇上輕繞的曲子很快也要唱完了。
謝謝你的來信，約翰。我很高興收到了信，更高興的是收到了兩封?？吹皆谀阈闹杏幸环輰?duì)我的深切關(guān)懷的確令我開懷，明白到你對(duì)舊情的珍重令我喜悅。有時(shí)候，忙碌、塵封的歲月與蛛網(wǎng)也不會(huì)將往日隔離，在我心靈深處，仍有一個(gè)僻靜的角落永遠(yuǎn)都等待著故友的來訪。那么在游吟詩人歌唱的時(shí)候，記著你的舊日朋友吧，也別忘了灑一滴清淚，無論歌謠唱起唱畢。
1) wagon n. 四輪馬車，貨車 2) anthem n. 圣歌，贊美詩
3) crumbling a. 破爛的，崩潰的 4) elm n. 榆樹
5) robin n. 知更鳥
6) giddy a. 眼花繚亂的，輕率的 7) jay n. 鳥
8) bumblebee n. 大黃蜂，土蜂
9) manly a. 雄赳赳的 10) cockney n. 倫敦東區(qū)人
11) jaunty a. 感到自信和自滿的 12) gay a. 快樂的注釋：
13) flutter v. 拍打
14) moldering a. 腐朽的，崩潰的 15) reside v. 居住
16) errand n. 差使，跑腿
17) cricket n. 蟋蟀
18) hum v. 嗡嗡叫，哼
19) nook n. 隱蔽處
20) cranny n. 裂縫 21) cobweb n. 蜘蛛網(wǎng)
22) ballad n. 歌謠
23) troubadour n. 行吟詩人，民謠歌手
24) strain v. 扭傷，拉緊