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APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
四月是最残忍的一个月,荒地上
长着丁香,把回忆和欲望
参合在一起,又让春雨
催促那些迟钝的根芽。
冬天使我们温暖,大地
给助人遗忘的雪覆盖着,又叫
枯干的球根提供少许生命。
夏天来得出人意外,在下阵雨的时候
来到了斯丹卜基西;我们在柱廊下躲避,
等太阳出来又进了霍夫加登,
喝咖啡,闲谈了一个小时。
我不是俄国人,我是立陶宛来的,是地道的德国人。
而且我们小时候住在大公那里
我表兄家,他带着我出去滑雪橇,
我很害怕。他说,玛丽,
玛丽,牢牢揪住。我们就往下冲。
在山上,那里你觉得自由。
大半个晚上我看书,冬天我到南方。 |
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Yet, Freedom, yet, thy banner, torn but flying,
Streams like a thunder-storm against the wind.
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