The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night,
Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation,
The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listening close,
Find its purpose and place up there toward the wintry sky.
The sharp-hoof"d moose of the north, the cat on the house-sill, the
chickadee, the prairie-dog,
The litter of the grunting sow as they tug at her teats,
The brood of the turkey-hen and she with her half-spread wings,
I see in them and myself the same old law.
The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,
They scorn the best I can do to relate them.
I am enamour"d of growing out-doors,
Of men that live among cattle or taste of the ocean or woods,
Of the builders and steerers of ships and the wielders of axes and
mauls, and the drivers of horses,
I can eat and sleep with them week in and week out.
What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is Me,
Me going in for my chances, spending for vast returns,
Adorning myself to bestow myself on the first that will take me,
Not asking the sky to come down to my good will,
Scattering it freely forever.
野鹅引导他的鹅群飞过寒冷的夜空，
他叫着 " 呀——嗬 "，这声音传来有如对我的一种邀请，
无心人也许以为它毫无意义，但我却静静地谛听。
向着冬夜的天空，我看出了它的目的和它所在的地方。
北方的纤足鼠、门槛上的猫、美洲雀、山犬，
母豚乳房旁用力吮吸着鸣叫着的小猪群，
火鸡的幼雏和半张着翅膀的母鸡，
我看出，在他们身上和我自己身上有着同一的悠久的法则。
我的脚在大地上践踏流露出一百种感情，
我尽最大的努力也不能写出使它们满意的叙述。
我热爱户外的生活，
热爱生活于牛群中或尝着海洋或树林的气味的人们，
热爱建筑者和船上的舵工，及挥动锤斧的人和马夫，
我能够整星期整星期地和他们在一处饮食和睡眠。
最平凡、最廉贱、最靠近、最简单的是自我，
我来此寻觅我的机会，为了丰厚的报酬付出一切，
装饰我自己，把我自己给与第一个愿接受我的人，
我并不要求苍天俯就我的善愿，
而只是永远无偿地将它四处散播。
Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation,
The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listening close,
Find its purpose and place up there toward the wintry sky.
The sharp-hoof"d moose of the north, the cat on the house-sill, the
chickadee, the prairie-dog,
The litter of the grunting sow as they tug at her teats,
The brood of the turkey-hen and she with her half-spread wings,
I see in them and myself the same old law.
The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,
They scorn the best I can do to relate them.
I am enamour"d of growing out-doors,
Of men that live among cattle or taste of the ocean or woods,
Of the builders and steerers of ships and the wielders of axes and
mauls, and the drivers of horses,
I can eat and sleep with them week in and week out.
What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is Me,
Me going in for my chances, spending for vast returns,
Adorning myself to bestow myself on the first that will take me,
Not asking the sky to come down to my good will,
Scattering it freely forever.
野鹅引导他的鹅群飞过寒冷的夜空，
他叫着 " 呀——嗬 "，这声音传来有如对我的一种邀请，
无心人也许以为它毫无意义，但我却静静地谛听。
向着冬夜的天空，我看出了它的目的和它所在的地方。
北方的纤足鼠、门槛上的猫、美洲雀、山犬，
母豚乳房旁用力吮吸着鸣叫着的小猪群，
火鸡的幼雏和半张着翅膀的母鸡，
我看出，在他们身上和我自己身上有着同一的悠久的法则。
我的脚在大地上践踏流露出一百种感情，
我尽最大的努力也不能写出使它们满意的叙述。
我热爱户外的生活，
热爱生活于牛群中或尝着海洋或树林的气味的人们，
热爱建筑者和船上的舵工，及挥动锤斧的人和马夫，
我能够整星期整星期地和他们在一处饮食和睡眠。
最平凡、最廉贱、最靠近、最简单的是自我，
我来此寻觅我的机会，为了丰厚的报酬付出一切，
装饰我自己，把我自己给与第一个愿接受我的人，
我并不要求苍天俯就我的善愿，
而只是永远无偿地将它四处散播。
