Walt Whitman - O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy 汉译

O tan-faced prairie-boy,

Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift,

Praises and presents came and nourishing food, till at last among the recruits,

You came, taciturn, with nothing to give – we but look’d on each other,

When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me.

啊，晒黑了脸的草原那边来的孩子

啊，晒黑了脸的草原那边来的孩子，

你没有来营地以前来过许多受欢迎的礼物，

来了赞扬和礼品和富有营养的食物，直到最后在新兵中间，

来了你，沉默寡言，没有拿来什么——我们只互相望了一眼，

但是看哪！你给我的胜过了世界上所有的礼物。