Everyone Sang

by Siegfried Sassoon

 
 
Everyone suddenly burst out singing; 1
And I was filled with such delight 2
As prisoned birds must find in freedom, 3
Winging wildly across the white 4
Orchards and dark-green fields; on—on—and out of sight. 5
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Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted; 7
And beauty came like the setting sun: 8
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror 9
Drifted away ... O, but Everyone 10
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done. 11
文句注釋  
1. As prisoned birds
像被囚禁的小鳥因自由而喜悅高歌 Return
2. Winging
飛行 Return
3. the singing will never be done
唱不完;是因為太高興,還是自由不可能久遠? Return
4. drifted away
(恐懼﹚飄散而去,這裡的刪節號讓人有餘悸猶存的感覺。 Return