We Wear the Mask
By Paul Laurence Dunbar
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44203/we-wear-the-mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise, (But 和 otherwise很口语,我们能用口语语气隐译他们最好)
We wear the mask!
我们戴上面具
保罗·劳伦斯·邓巴
我们戴上佯笑撒谎的面具,
掩了我们的面,也把眼睛遮蔽——
这是债,偿付人之诡诈的必须;
撕心裂肺面带笑意,
万般苦楚口吐欢语。
世人何需聪明至极,
数算我们全部的眼泪和叹息?
不,只要让他们看看我们,
我们戴上了面具。
我们微笑,哦伟大的救主,哭泣
却从沉痛的灵魂向你升起。
我们欢唱,哦,尘世却在脚底
秽恶不堪,迢遥万里。
但还是让世人做梦吧,(让世人还是去做梦吧,我们还是要戴上面具吧!)
我们要戴上面具! |