大路之歌

作者：沃尔特·惠特曼

我轻松愉快走上大路，

我健康自由，世界在我面前，

长长褐色的大路在我面前，指向我想去的任何地方。

从此我不再希求好运气，我自己就是好运气，

从此我不再抱怨，不再迟疑，什么也不需要，

消除了闷在屋里的晦气，放下了书本，摆脱了苛刻的责难，

我强壮满足，迈步走上大路。

大地，有它就足够了，

我不要星星离我更近，

我知道它们正好各居其所，

我知道它们满足了属于它们的人。

（我仍然肩负着我多年喜爱的责任，

我带着他们，男男女女，我无论去哪里都带着他们，

我发誓我不可能甩掉他们，

他们充实了我，我也要满足他们。）

Song of the Open Road 

By Walt Whitman

A foot and light-hearted I take to the open road,

Healthy, free, the world before me,

The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,

Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,

Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,

Strong and content I travel the open road.

The Earth, that is sufficient,

I do not want the constellations any nearer,

I know they are very well where they are,

I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,

I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,

I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,

I am fill'd with them, and I will fill them in return.)