When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
——Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn'd astronomer;
When the proofs,the figures,were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting , heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
一堂天文课
当我听那位博学的天文学家的讲座时，
当那些证明、数据一栏一栏地排列在我眼前时，
当那些表格、图解展现在我眼前要我去加、去减、去测定时，
当我坐在报告厅听着那位天文学家演讲、听着响起一阵阵掌声时，
很快地我竟莫名其妙地厌倦起来，
于是我站了起来悄悄地溜了出去，
在神秘而潮湿的夜风中，一遍又一遍，
静静地仰望星空。
——Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn'd astronomer;
When the proofs,the figures,were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting , heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
一堂天文课
当我听那位博学的天文学家的讲座时，
当那些证明、数据一栏一栏地排列在我眼前时，
当那些表格、图解展现在我眼前要我去加、去减、去测定时，
当我坐在报告厅听着那位天文学家演讲、听着响起一阵阵掌声时，
很快地我竟莫名其妙地厌倦起来，
于是我站了起来悄悄地溜了出去，
在神秘而潮湿的夜风中，一遍又一遍，
静静地仰望星空。