经典英语诗歌：黑夜的知己

　　Acquainted with the night

　　黑夜的知己

　　I have been one acquainted with the night.

　　I have walked out in rain --and back in rain.

　　I have outwalked the furthest city light.

　　I have looked down the saddest city lane.

　　I have passed by the watchman on his beat

　　And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。

　　我冒雨出去，又冒雨回来。

　　我已越出街灯照亮的边界。

　　我看到城中的小巷最悲惨。

　　我经过敲更的'守夜人身边，

　　我不愿多讲，低垂下眼帘。

　　I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

　　When far away an interrupted cry

　　Came over houses from another street,

　　But not to call me back or say good-bye;

　　And further still at an unearthly height

　　One luminary clock against the sky

　　Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

　　I have been one acquainted with the night.

　　我停住，脚步再也听不见，

　　从另一条街升起越过屋顶

　　传来一声好似折断的哭喊，

　　那不是叫我回去或说再见；

　　在更远、远离尘世的高处，

　　有一座钟悬着，一闪一闪，

　　它宣称时间不错又不正确，

　　我以为我早就熟悉这黑夜。