The Good Shepherd

时间：2013-09-06 06:04:10

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The Good Shepherd
Adélia Prado
 
Let me be leaden（铅灰色的）, 
 I don't have a shred1 of courage left. 
 I can't have or be 
 or live or die, 
 I can neither go in or out. 
 When I clamor for（大声要求） God, He sends me back to time, 
 to receipts which 
 -- by order of the government --
 I must demand of shady shopkeepers. 
 Why all this weight on my shoulders? 
 I didn't ask to be the inspector2 of the world, 
 I want to sin, to be free, 
 leave the thieves 
 to their tax obligations. 
 Everything is forbidden, 
 there's nowhere for me to be, 
 it's as if God's smacking3 me around, 
 pushing me away --
 and if asking for help is a sin, 
 then not asking is insane, 
 the same as accepting help from the Devil. 
 Who is this stranger I call Jonathan? 
 Good God, who am I? 
 Scorpius（天蝎座） is high in the sky— 
 in happier days I'd write a line: 
 "The blaze of Scorpius in the chill of night." 
 Now, it just sounds like flattery, 
 the words of a liar, 
 a windbag4 coward. 
 You won't believe this 
 -- if you think you're reading a poem --
 but someone just handed me a letter: 
 "I had dentures put in today, 
 and I do look younger, 
 but the old-person weariness persists." 
 And my terror vanished --
 because in quoting the letter 
 I corrected two words, 
 and no one at the gates of hell 
 looks to grammar for help. 
 Thus once more I'm saved by a power, 
 a compassion 
 employing the constellations5, the mail, 
 and the same mother tongue 
 that taught me to wail6. 
 The Merciful One has laid across his shoulders 
 His weakest lamb.

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1 shred ETYz6     
v.撕成碎片，变成碎片；n.碎布条，细片，些少
参考例句：
  • There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。
  • The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。
2 inspector q6kxH     
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
参考例句：
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
3 smacking b1f17f97b1bddf209740e36c0c04e638     
活泼的，发出响声的，精力充沛的
参考例句：
  • He gave both of the children a good smacking. 他把两个孩子都狠揍了一顿。
  • She inclined her cheek,and John gave it a smacking kiss. 她把头低下，约翰在她的脸上响亮的一吻。
4 windbag QgcwX     
n.风囊，饶舌之人，好说话的人
参考例句：
  • Everyone knows he's a real windbag.大家都知道他是个很罗嗦的人。
  • Did you ever see such a windbag?你有见过这样饶舌的人?
5 constellations ee34f7988ee4aa80f9502f825177c85d     
n.星座( constellation的名词复数 )；一群杰出人物；一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）
参考例句：
  • The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。 来自教父部分
6 wail XMhzs     
vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸
参考例句：
  • Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
  • One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。

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