英语优秀的精美诗歌

igging Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun. Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly. He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep To scatter new potatoes that we picked Loving their cool hardness in our hands. By God, the old man could handle a spade, Just like his old man. My grandfather could cut more turf in a day Than any other man on Toner's bog. Once I carried him milk in a bottle Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up To drink it, then fell to right away Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods Over his shoulder, digging down and down For the good turf. Digging. The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head. But I've no spade to follow men like them. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. I'll dig with it. 挖掘 在我手指和大拇指中间 一支粗壮的笔躺着，舒适自在像一支枪。 我的窗下，一个清晰而粗厉的响声 铁铲切进了砾石累累的土地： 我爹在挖土。我向下望 看到花坪间他正使劲的臀部 弯下去，伸上来，二十年来 穿过白薯垄有节奏地俯仰着， 他在挖土。 粗劣的靴子踩在铁铲上，长柄 贴着膝头的内侧有力地撬动， 他把表面一层厚土连根掀起， 把铁铲发亮的一边深深埋下去， 使新薯四散，我们捡在手中， 爱它们又凉又硬的味儿。 说真的，这老头子使铁铲的巧劲 就像他那老头子一样。 我爷爷的土纳的泥沼地 一天挖的泥炭比谁个都多。 有一次我给他送去一瓶牛奶， 用纸团松松地塞住瓶口。他直起腰喝了，马上又干开了， 利索地把泥炭截短，切开，把土. 撩过肩，为找好泥炭， 一直向下，向下挖掘。 白薯地的冷气，潮湿泥炭地的 咯吱声、咕咕声，铁铲切进活薯根的短促声响 在我头脑中回荡。 但我可没有铁铲像他们那样去干。 在我手指和大拇指中间 那支粗壮的笔躺着。 我要用它去挖掘。 Whatever You Say, Say Nothing "Religion's never mentioned here", of course. "You know them by their eyes," and hold your tongue. "One side's as bad as the other," never worse. Christ, it's near time that some small leak was sprung In the great dykes the Dutchman made To dam the dangerous tide that followed Seamus. Yet for all this art and sedentary trade I am incapable. The famous Northern reticence, the tight gag of place And times: yes, yes. Of the "wee six" I sing Where to be saved you only must save face And whatever you say, you say nothing. Smoke-signals are loud-mouthed compared with us: Manoeuvrings to find out name and school, Subtle discrimination by addresses With hardly an exception to the rule That Norman, Ken and Sidney signalled Prod And Seamus (call me Sean) was sure-fire Pape. O land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, Of open minds as open as a trap, Where tongues lie coiled, as under flames lie wicks, Where half of us, as in a wooden horse Were cabin'd and confined like wily Greeks, Besieged within the siege, whispering morse. Never Give Up Hope 永远别放弃希望 Life doesn't always give us the joys we want. 生活并非总是如你所愿。 We don't always get our hopes and dreams, and we don't always get our own way. 希望有时会落空，梦想有时会破灭，我们不能一切随心所愿。 But don't give up hope, because you can make a difference one situation and one person at a time. 但别放弃希望，因为事物并非一成不变;不同时间，不同场合，你会呈现 不同的面貌。 Look for the beauty around you--in nature, in others, in yourself--and believe in the love of friends, family, and humankind. 处处留心你身边的美吧--自然中的，别人中的，你自己的--请相信，美来 自朋友、家庭乃至全人类的融融爱意。 You can find love in a smile or a helping hand, in a thoughtful gesture or a kind word. It is all around, if you just look for it. 一个微笑，援助之手，关心的举止，友善的世界，无不传达着爱。爱无 所不在，如果你有寻找的话。 Give love, for in giving it you will find the power in life along with the joy, happiness, patience, and understanding. 奉献爱心吧，从中你会发现生活的力量，感受生活带来的幸福快乐，学 会忍耐和理解。 Believe in the goodness of others and remember that anger and depression can be countered by love and hope. 相信人性本善。记住，爱心和希望能化解一切愤怒和沮丧。 Even when you feel as though there isn't a lot you can do to change unhappiness or problems, you can always do a little--and a little at a time eventually makes a big difference. 哪怕生活中挥之不去的不快和困难将你重重包围，让你力不从心，但你 仍可以尽力而为。累积点滴努力，最终你将扭转乾坤。