Adlestrop by Edward Thomas. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (excerpt).
Yes, I remember Adlestrop - The name
是的,我記得艾德爾索普——它的名字,
Because one afternoon of heat
因為在一個天氣很熱的下午,
the express train drew up there unwontedly
特快列車反常地在那兒停下。
It was late June.The steam hissed
那時候是六月底。蒸汽嘶嘶響。
Someone cleared his throat
有人清了清喉嚨。
No one left and no one came
無人離開, 也無人來到
On the bare platform.
這空空的月台上。
What I saw Was Adlestrop - only the name
我所看見的就是艾德爾索普——只是它的名字
And willows, willow-herb, and grass
和柳樹、柳葉菜,還有青草,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry
蚊子草,曬乾的圓錐形草堆,
No whit less still and lonely fair
同那高高懸在天空的微雲
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
一樣寧靜,一樣有寂寞的美
And for that minute a blackbird san
就在那一刻附近一隻烏鶇叫起來
Close by, and round him, mistier,farther and farther
在它周圍,隱隱從遠處、更遠處,
All the birds Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershir.
從牛津郡和格洛斯特郡傳來百鳥的啼鳴。