【诗赏】惠特曼《草叶集》23

 Shut Not Your Doors

Shut not your doors to me proud libraries,

For that which was lacking on all yourwell-fill'd shelves, yet

needed most, I bring,

Forth from the war emerging, a book I havemade,

The words of my book nothing, the drift ofit every thing,

A book separate, not link'd with the restnor felt by the intellect,

But you ye untold latencies will thrill toevery page.

不要向我关门吧

不要向我关门吧，骄傲的图书馆，

因为我带来了你所有满满的书架上都找不到而又最需要的东西，

这是我写好的书，从战争中带出来的，

书中的文字不算什么，它的倾向才是一切，

一本单独的书，与别的书没有联系，也没有为人的智力所认识，

但是你们，从没透露过的潜伏者，将使每一页都令人心悸。