精美英文語句欣賞

The river is famous to the fish.

魚兒熟知河流。

The loud voice is famous to silence,

which knew it would inherit the earth

before anybody said so.

寂靜熟知高聲。

寂靜知道,在任何人發聲前,

它會接管地球。

The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds

watching him from the birdhouse.

鳥兒熟知睡在圍牆上的貓。

它在籠中注視着貓的一舉一動。

The tear is famou briefly, to the cheek.

臉頰熟知眼淚,縱使短暫。

The idea you carry close to your bosom

is famous to your bosom.

你的心熟知

你心頭的想法。

The boot is famous to the earth,

more famous than the dress shoe,

which is famous only to floors.

大地熟知靴子,

而不怎麼了解皮鞋和高跟鞋,

因為那些高貴的鞋履只為地板所熟知。

The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it

and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.

陳舊捲曲的照片為隨身攜帶它的那個人所熟知,

而並非為照片裏的主角所熟知。

I want to be famous to shuffling men

who smile while crossing street

sticky children in grocery line

famous as the one who smiled back.

我想為那些微笑着穿過街道的`過客們

所熟知。

那些在雜貨店裏排着隊身子粘乎乎的孩子,

熟知我是那個會向他們報以微笑的人。

I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous

or a buttonhole,

not because it did anything spectacular,

but because it never forgot what it could do.

我想像個滑輪,

或是鈕釦眼那樣為人所熟知。

其名聲並非來自什麼驚人之舉,

而只因其從未忘記自己的職責。

Naomi Shihab Nye(1952- ),詩人、歌曲創作者、小説家,自幼在美國聖路易斯市和巴勒斯坦中部城市耶路撒冷兩地生活,父親原籍巴勒斯坦,母親是美國人。她畢業於美國三一大學(Trinity University),現居住在美國得克薩斯州聖安東尼奧市。Naomi Shihab Nye著有19 Varieties of Gazelle(《十九種小羚羊》)、Come with Me: Poems for a Journey(《隨我同行:旅途詩情》)、Fuel(《燃料》)等詩集,及小説Habibi(《哈比比》),她曾獲古根海姆獎和國會圖書館威特·拜納獎,現任美國國家人文基金會全國委員會委員。