O Captain!My Captain!
Walt Whitman
O Captain!My Captain!Our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather‘d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart!heart!heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain!rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up -for you the flag is flung -for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon‘d wreaths-for you the shores crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turing;
Here, Captain!dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck
You ‘ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor‘d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores!and ring, O bells!
But I,with mourful tread,
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
翻译:
啊,船长!我的船长!
瓦尔特.惠特曼
啊!般长!我的船长!可怕的航程已完成;
这船历尽风险,企求的目标已达成。
港口在望,钟声响,人们在欢欣。
千万双眼睛注视着船——平稳,勇敢,坚定。
但是痛心啊!痛心!痛心!
瞧一滴滴鲜红的血!
甲板上躺着我的船长,
他倒下去,冰冷,永别。
啊,船长!我的船长!起来吧,倾听钟声;
起来吧,号角为您长鸣,旌旗为您高悬:
迎接您,多少花束花圈——候着您,千万人峰拥岸边;
他们向您高呼,拥来挤去,仰起殷切的脸;
啊,船长!亲爱的父亲!
我的手臂托着您的头!
莫非是一场梦:在甲板上
您倒下去,冰冷,永别。
我的船长不作声,嘴唇惨白,毫不动弹;
我的父亲没感到我的手臂,没有脉搏,没有遗言;
船舶抛锚停下,平安抵达;船程终了;
历经难险返航,夺得胜利目标。
啊,岸上钟声齐鸣,啊,人们一片欢腾!(英语美文 www.lyy5.com )
但是,我在甲板上,在船长身旁,
心悲切,步履沉重;
因为他倒下去,冰冷,永别。
诗歌赏析
《啊,船长!我的船长!》是美国诗人惠特曼为悼念林肯而写下的著名诗篇。林肯是美国第16任总统,在任期内,他为维护国家统一、摧毁蓄奴制而领导了南北战争,解放了黑人奴隶。就在美国人民欢庆胜利的时刻,反动势力雇佣的刺客杀害了他。惠特曼为此极度悲痛,写下了很多诗纪念这位伟大的英雄,这首诗是最著名的一首。诗歌的基调是悲壮的。诗人运用了比喻和象征的手法,把美国比作一艘航船,把林肯总统比作船长,把维护国家的统一和废奴斗争比作一段艰险的航程。