埃德温•阿林顿•罗宾逊
理查德•科里一到街头，
行人总要注目瞻望；
一派君子风度，
眉清目秀，伟岸颀长。
举止谦和沉稳，
谈吐文雅大方；
他一声“早安”令人抨然心动，
他的步履溢彩流光。
他有富可敌国的家产，
他有全知全能的教养，
他是万民效仿的标准，
他是大众追求的榜样。
人们不停劳作，苦苦盼望，
一日三餐只有难吃的粗粮；
可他在一个平静的夏夜回到家里，
用一颗子弹打碎自己的脑浆。
Richard Cory
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
The people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace.
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
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