闻一多·《钟声》英译

钟声报得这样急──

时间之海底记水标哦！

是记涨呢，还是记落呢！──

是报过去底添长呢？

还是报未来底消缩呢？

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The Sound of the Clock

Wen Yiduo

The clock ticks so urgently—

The tide level marker in the sea of time!

Is it recording a rising or a subsiding tide?

The waxing of the past?

Or the waning of the future?