趁马年还没过,上个当初咏马的小诗。我用英文写的,让Chat GPT翻译成中文,看AI能耐。
Ode to the Horse
English by Kang Liao with the Chinese translation by ChatGPT
No loyalty my narrow mind can name
Exceeds the horse’s bond with humankind.
Through storms of arrows, shots and sulfur flame,
He bears our weight with courage firm and blind.
At trumpet calls he charges into fear,
Unmindful of the fire or musket’s breath.
He trusts the hand that holds the guiding gear
And leaps Olympic hurdles, risking death.
Yet countless are the ways that we betray:
We use him first in war, then sport, then trade.
From Great Plains wide to Riyadh’s burning day,
He falls when human need and whim have swayed.
So let him rise where zodiac signs ascend,
The least amends the hearts of men can send.
无论怎样我也难以想见,
马对人的忠诚谁能比肩。
箭雨硝烟如暴风般逼近,
它驮我辈,勇敢而贞坚。
号角一响,便冒死向前,
不顾烈焰,任枪响耳边。
它信任主人那执缰之手,
不惧危险,跳奥运赛栏,。
然而人心负马何其多端:
从大漠直到利雅得荒原,
先为战争,再供竞技交易
一旦无用,便下令撤换。
愿它升于黄道群星之间,
此乃人心可致最微之歉。