来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第20集 第20集》

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  But it's very much directly about Lincoln's death.
  这首诗非常直接地描述林肯的死
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  And Whitman imagines a songbird;
  惠特曼想象出一只会唱歌的鸟
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  calls it a warbling.
  称为鸣叫鸟
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  And he says he hears this warbling
  他说他听见这只鸣叫鸟
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  singing a solitary song, his words,
  唱着一支寂寞的歌 他的原话是
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  "of the bleeding throat, Death's outlet song of life,
  啼血的喉咙 唱出生死之歌
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  (for well dear brother)"--he's speaking to the bird now--
  "亲爱的兄弟"--他这是对这只鸟说的
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  "(for well dear brother I know,
  我知道 我亲爱的兄弟
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  If thou wast not granted to sing
  如果你不能引吭高歌
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  thou wouldst surely die.)"
  则你必忧郁而死
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  And he's trying to use the bird
  而他想用这只鸟
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  go read this poem, read it three, four, and five times
  读读这首诗 多读几遍