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XXVII
第二十七首
筆挺地站著,踩踏磨坊的轉輪
To Stand Up Straight and Tread the Turning Mill
英國 A. E. 豪斯曼原著
Alfred Edward Housman (1859 – 1936)
徐家禎翻譯
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,
To lie flat and know nothing and be still,
Are the two trades of man; and which is worse
I know not, but I know that both are ill.
筆挺地站著,踩踏磨坊的轉輪,
平躺著,一無所知,安適寧靜
這兩種工作,哪種較差?
我不知道,隻知道兩者都有病。