作品原文

胡适 《老鸦》

我大清早起，
站在人家屋角上哑哑的啼
人家讨嫌我，说我不吉利：──
我不能呢呢喃喃讨人家的欢喜！

天寒风紧，无枝可栖。
我整日里飞去飞回，整日里又寒又饥──
我不能带着鞘儿，翁翁央央的替人家飞；
也能叫人家系在竹竿头，赚一把小米！

英文译文

A Raven
Hu Shi

I wake early,
Croak high up on the roof top.
No one’s glad to hear me,
All call me
An evil omen,
But only because I can’t flatter their ears
With twittering and soft songs.

It’s cold, it’s windy,
There’s nothing to cling to.
All day long I fly this way and that,
Cold, hungry.
But how could I slave for my master
Like some bootlicking pigeon?
No one can tie me
To a bamboo stick end
Just for an easy handout of grain!