挽歌歌德史密斯原文

《挽歌》原文名为"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"，作者为托马斯·格雷。

这首诗是托马斯·格雷于1750年创作的，以英国乡村教堂墓地为题材，诠释了平凡人生的价值。

这首诗成为了英国文学史上极富代表性的文艺作品。

虽然此诗是英文作品，但是其深邃的思想与独特的文学魅力，赢得了全球读者的共鸣和喜爱。

此外，也由此产生了很多的译本，有意译和直译之分，都是不同文化背景下的解读与体验。

Good people all, of every sort,

　　 Give ear unto my song;

　　 And if you find it wondrous short,--

　　 It cannot hold you long.

　　 In Islington there was a man,

　　 Of whom the world might say

　　 That still a godly race he ran,--

　　 Whene'er he went to pray.

　　 A kind and gentle heart he had,

　　 To comfort friends and foes;

　　 The naked every day he clad,--

　　 When he put on his clothes.

　　 And in that town a dog was found,

　　 As many dogs there be,

　　 Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound,

　　 And curs of low degree.

　　 The dog and man at first were friends;

　　 But when a pique began,

　　 The dog, to gain some private ends,

　　 Went mad, and bit the man.

　　 Around from all the neighboring streets,

　　 The wondering neighbors ran,

　　 And swore the dog had lost his wits

　　 To bite so good a man.

　　 The wound it seemed both sore and sad

　　 To every Christian eye;

　　 And while they swore the dog was mad

　　 They swore the man would die.

　　 But soon a wonder came to light,

　　 That showed the rogues they lied;

　　 The man recovered of the bite,

　　 The dog it was that died.