Business Girls by John Betjeman
《經(jīng)商的女孩子》--約翰·貝杰曼
From the geyser ventilators
自燒水鍋爐的通風(fēng)口
Autumn winds are blowing down
一陣陣秋風(fēng)呼嘯而過(guò)
On a thousand business women
前有上千名商業(yè)女性
Having baths in Camden Town
在卡姆登鎮(zhèn)上沐浴著
Waste pipes chuckle into runnels
廢水咯咯地流入溝渠
Steam's escaping here and there
蒸汽向四面八方逃逸
Morning trains through Camden cutting
早班列車方駛過(guò)站臺(tái)
Shake the Crescent and the Square
喚醒曲直交錯(cuò)的街道
Early nip of changeful autumn
初秋那莫測(cè)的冷空氣
Dahlias glimpsed through garden doors
大麗菊窺見(jiàn)園中世界
At the back precarious bathrooms
身后是失修的衛(wèi)浴間
Jutting out from upper floors
從上層樓板間探出來(lái)
And behind their frail partitions
而稀疏的隔墻另一邊
Business women lie and soak
商業(yè)女性浸臥浴水中
Seeing through the draughty skylight
偶瞥見(jiàn)通風(fēng)口的天光
Flying clouds and railway smoke
云朵和鐵路塵煙穿行
Rest you there, poor unbeloved ones
在那歇息吧失愛(ài)之人
Lap your loneliness in heat
讓孤獨(dú)在熱能中沉浸
All too soon the tiny breakfast
來(lái)得太快了這頓早餐
Trolley-bus and windy street
那電車,那起風(fēng)的街道