The Bridge

时间：2014-03-25 06:15:53

（单词翻译:单击）

The Bridge
Alan Shapiro
 
 
Over the bridge across the river, 
 the pilgrims prayed in lockstep（步伐一致）, 
 and the deafening1 coherence 
 of the single voice they made 
 was a fulfillment of the dream 
 each voice, alone, inaudible, 
 dreamt it could be as it prayed. 
 
The gold dome2 of the holy shrine 
 beyond the bridge was glistening 
 like the paradise inside the prayer, 
 which the prayer was promising 
 to those who said the prayer 
 the way it wanted to be said, 
 which was the way they said it, 
 
as if they were a people only 
 of the prayer, a people 
 spoken through by what 
 they spoke3 together, who 
 by being spoken through 
 could almost think that they 
 were there already -- there 
 
in the light of what they'd be 
 the single voice of endlessly 
 instead of merely people on a bridge, 
 instead of more and still more 
 jammed hard together, pressed 
 in and pushing in to inch 
 in forward like a giant knot 
 
they were all trying to untie 
 by tying tighter under sun 
 that smoldered4（闷烧，郁积） a white 
 hole in the dome's reflection 
 in the dark fast river -- till 
 one by one all along the bridge 
 they started spilling over 
 
like small impurities5 the praying 
 mass they were spit out 
 as it surged through and past 
 the screams that sank like duff 
 down the smoldering6 hole 
 the sun burned on the rippling 
 dome within the water 
 
that outside the prayer was in-
 escapable, uncrossable 
 except as water flowing from 
 and to within and over 
 water -- made from water 
 out of heat forged from the 
 coldest nothing that there is.

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1 deafening deafening     
adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式
参考例句：
  • The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
  • The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。
2 dome 7s2xC     
n.圆屋顶，拱顶
参考例句：
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
3 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 smoldered cb6a40a965d805f37e0c720fc4cd54a0     
v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的过去式 )
参考例句：
  • The conflict that smoldered between Aunt Addie and me flared openly. 艾迪小姨和我之间闷在心里的冲突突然公开化了。 来自辞典例句
  • After the surrender, an ever-present feud over the horse smoldered between Scarlett and Suellen. 投降以后，思嘉和苏伦之间一直存在的关于那骑马的急论眼看就要爆发了。 来自飘（部分）
5 impurities 2626a6dbfe6f229f6e1c36f702812675     
不纯( impurity的名词复数 )； 不洁； 淫秽； 杂质
参考例句：
  • A filter will remove most impurities found in water. 过滤器会滤掉水中的大部分杂质。
  • Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities. 油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
6 smoldering e8630fc937f347478071b5257ae5f3a3     
v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
  • The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

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