City of Orgies

City of Orgies

   by Walt Whitman

City of orgies, walks and joys,
City whom that I have lived and sung in your midst will one day make
Not the pageants of you, not your shifting tableaus, your
  spectacles, repay me,
Not the interminable rows of your houses, nor the ships at the wharves,
Nor the processions in the streets, nor the bright windows with
  goods in them,
Nor to converse with learn'd persons, or bear my share in the soiree
  or feast;
Not those, but as I pass O Manhattan, your frequent and swift flash
  of eyes offering me love,
Offering response to my own--these repay me,
Lovers, continual lovers, only repay me.

狂欢的城市

   李野光 译

狂欢的、世态纷呈的、充满乐趣的城市，
总有一天，由于我在你当中经历过和歌唱过，因而会使你显赫起来的城市，
不是你的那些庆典，你那时时变换的场面，你的壮观，在报偿我，
不是你那些柿比连绵的房屋，或码头上的船只，
也不是大街上的人流，或者辉煌的陈列商品的橱窗，
也不是跟学者们交谈，或参加社交和宴会；
不是那些，而是当我经过你的时候，曼哈顿哟，你那频繁而迅速地向我

传递的爱的眼色。
向我自己的眼色传过来的反应——是这些在回报我，
只有相爱者们，长久的相爱者们，在回报我。

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