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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  He's trying to capture the meaning of death,
  他想要探索死亡的意义
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  all that death, caused in the Civil War, if it's possible.
  所有内战导致的死亡 如果可能的话
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  But he gives the job to a tiny little bird.
  但他把这个任务交给了一只小小的鸟儿
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  Whitman himself, he says, is left with "visions,"
  惠特曼自己 以他自己的话说 只剩下
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  his words, "of battle-corpses"
  "遍地战争中被杀者的尸体
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  and "the debris of all the slain soldiers of the war,"
  和战死士兵残骸的景象"
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  in his head.
  留在脑海中
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  The funeral train passes by all the images the poet can muster
  载着灵柩的火车掠过诗人意象之所能
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  and then he's just left to say, his words:
  最后他只能说 他说
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  "The living remained and suffered."
  "生者还要活下去并承载着苦痛"
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  I'll return to Whitman.
  我待会再讲惠特曼
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  It's one way to get a handle,
  理解惠特曼的诗