经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己

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经典英语短诗：黑夜的知己
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5 h) n8 s- v, Y　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.
　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.
　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.
　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat
　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
　　When far away an interrupted cry
　　Came over houses from another street,
9 x1 r( y( n& z1 }　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;
　　And further still at an unearthly height
' ^- y( l1 }* M, `9 D6 R　　One luminary clock against the sky
　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
1 v- b! d$ Q; {: y% k　　I have been one acquainted with the night.
　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。
　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。
- y  U. u- Y# S% |8 r0 j/ @　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。
　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。
/ n1 L; }; N5 V9 w1 h/ e" ^8 v　　我经过敲更的守夜人身边，
　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。
! N5 d7 ]7 [* N% c% n& p2 M8 ^　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，
　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶
# p, C; O- X9 y. d, q: p　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，
$ s5 j! |6 G4 I/ S　　那不是叫我回去或说再见;
　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，
3 b+ s9 A( H  {7 V　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，
. R0 r) K+ |  B　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，
( D5 @9 S& j& l- v6 }　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。