"Like Barley Bending" Sara Teasdale
Like barley bending
In low fields by the sea,
Singing in hard wind
Ceaselessly;
Like barley bending
And rising again,
So would I, unbroken,
Rise from pain;
So would I softly,
Day long, night long,
Change my sorrow
Into song.
象被壓彎的大麥一樣
象被壓彎的大麥一樣
俯仰在海邊的低低的曠野,
在凜利的風中歌唱,
從不停止地歌唱;
象被壓彎的大麥一樣,
在屈辱中重新站起,
我也將這樣, 不被催毀,
痛苦中更加昂揚;
我也將這樣,以柔弱之軀,
日日夜夜的努力,
將我的悲哀 化作歌唱。