Walt Whitman - Beginning My Studies 汉译

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The mere fact consciousness, these forms, the power of motion,

The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love,

The first step I say awed me and pleas’d me so much,

I have hardly gone and hardly wish’d to go any farther,

But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.

1865

我开始了学习

我开始了学习，这第一步就使我欣喜异常，

仅仅有了意识这一事实，有了这些形体，行动的能力，

最微小的虫蚁或动物，管感，目力，爱，

我是说这第一步已使我肃然震慑，欣喜异常，

我还没有走多远，也不怎么想走得更远，

只想停下来一再徘徊，不住口地用炽热的歌曲歌唱这第一步。

1865