I give you my hand!
I give you my love, which is more precious than money.
I give myself to you, before the priest or the law;
Will you give yourself to me? Would you like to travel with me?
As long as we live, should we support each other?
I'll give you my hand!
I give you my love, which is more precious than money.
I give myself to you and ask the priest or the law to testify for me;
Will you give yourself to me? Would you like to walk hand in hand with me?
Can we be together forever?
But this is only the last paragraph of the poem, and the full text is very long, as follows:
Song of the open road
Walt Whitman
( 18 19- 1892)
1
I walked on the open road,
Health, freedom, the world in front of me,
The long brown road in front of me leads to anywhere I choose.
From now on, I don't ask for good luck, I am good luck myself.
From now on, I don't cry, I don't delay, I don't need anything,
Ending indoor complaints, libraries, grumbling criticisms,
I am strong and content to walk on the open road.
Earth, that's enough,
I don't want the constellations to get closer,
I know they're fine now,
I know that they are enough for those who belong to them.
I still carry the delicious food I used to have.
I take them with me, men and women, wherever I go,
I swear I can't get rid of them,
I am filled with them, and I will fill them in return. )
2
I walked into your path and looked around. I believe you are not all.
Right here,
I believe that many invisible things are also here.
Here, the profound lesson of acceptance, preference or rejection,
Black wool head, felon, disease
People who can't read do not deny it;
Born, chasing doctors and beggars.
The drunkard's stagger, the mechanic's laughter party,
Runaway youth, rich man's carriage, playboy, eloping couple,
The movement of early marketers, hearses and furniture
Town, come back from town,
They passed, I passed, everything passed, and nothing could be stopped.
Only accepted, only what I love.
three
You serve the air I speak with your breath!
You objects that summon my meaning from diffusion and give them shape!
Your light wraps me and everything in a subtle and calm shower!
The road you walked in the irregular potholes along the road!
I believe that you hide an invisible existence, and you are so precious to me.
You marked the streets of the city! You strong marginal people!
You ferries! The planks and pillars of the dock! Your wood lining
Side! You distant ships!
Your rows of houses! You perforated facades! Your roof!
You porches and entrances! You hijab and iron guards!
The transparent shell of your window may expose so much!
Your door and the rising steps! You arch!
You gray stones on endless sidewalks! You trampled on the intersection!
From everything that has touched you, I believe you have taught it.
Yourselves, now you will tell me secretly,
From the living and the dead, you have occupied your indifferent surface,
Its spirit is obvious and friendly to me.
four
The earth expands to the right and left,
This painting is lifelike, and every part is radiant.
The music falls where it wants, and stays where it was.
Not wanted,
The cheerful voice on the road, the cheerful and fresh mood on the road.
Oh, I travel by road. Did you tell me not to leave me?
Dare you-if you leave me, you will be lost?
You said I was ready, I was defeated, I was not defeated,
Stick to me?
Oh, public road, I said I'm not afraid to leave you, but I love you.
You can express myself better than I can,
To me, you are more important than my poem.
I think heroic deeds are conceived outdoors, and all of them
Free verse also,
I think I can stop by myself and work miracles.
I think I will like whatever I meet on the road, no matter who it is.
You'll like me when you see me,
I think anyone I see must be happy.
five
From this moment on, I am doomed to lose the limit and the boundary of imagination.
Go to the place I listed, my own master sum is absolute,
Listen to others and think carefully about what they say.
Pause, search, receive, think,
Gentle, but undeniable will, depriving oneself of holding.
Will hold me.
I inhale a lot of air,
Things are mine, and north and south are mine.
I'm bigger and much better than I thought,
I didn't know I had so much kindness.
Everything seems wonderful to me,
I can repeat your kindness to me to men and women.
I'll do the same thing to you,
I will recruit new people for you and myself,
I will be scattered among men and women,
I will throw out a new kind of happiness and roughness among them,
People who deny me don't bother me,
No matter who accepts me, he or she will be blessed and will bless me.
six
Now, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a thousand perfect men.
Now if a thousand beautiful women appear, it won't
Surprised me.
Now I understand the secret of making the best people.
Is to grow in the open air and eat and sleep with the earth.
Here, there is room for great personal behavior,
Such behavior has captured the whole human heart,
Its strength and will overwhelm the law and mock everything.
Authority and all the arguments against it. )
This is a test of wisdom,
Wisdom is not finally tested in school,
Wisdom cannot be passed from one wise person to another without wisdom.
Wisdom belongs to the soul, and it is not easy to be proved. It is self-proof.
Applicable to all stages, objects and qualities,
Is the certainty and immortality of reality, and
Excellence of things;
Among the floating things in front of our eyes, something is provocative.
It's out of the soul.
Now I re-examine philosophy and religion,
They may prove in the classroom, but not at all.
Spacious clouds and currents flowing along the landscape.
This is the realization,
This is a man who has been counted-he realizes what he has here,
Past, future, majesty, love-if they are empty to you, you
It's all empty.
Only the inner core of each object nourishes;
Where is the man who tore off the shell for you?
Where is the person who untied the plan and envelope for you and me?
This is adhesion, it is not the fashion before, it is appropriate;
Do you know what it's like to be loved by strangers?
Do you know those eye-rolling conversations?
seven
This is the outflow of the soul,
The outflow of soul comes from the heart, through the closed door,
Constantly causing problems,
What are these longings for? Why are these thoughts in the dark?
Why are there men and women? When they are close to me, the sun shines.
Expand my blood?
Why did my happy banner become flat and thin when they left me?
Why are some trees that I have never walked on, but they are big and pleasant to listen to?
What suddenly occurred to me?
I think they hang on those trees in winter and summer, and stay there forever.
When I pass by, put down the fruit; )
Why do I suddenly communicate with strangers?
What was a driver thinking when I sat in the seat next to him?
When I passed by, some fishermen pulled his purse seine on the shore.
Then pause?
What gave me the kindness from women and men? what
Give them freedom to me?
eight
The outflow of soul is happiness, here is happiness,
I think it's out there, waiting all the time,
Now it flows to us, and we are rightly accused.
Fluid and attached characters are raised here,
Flowing and additional features are fresh and sweet.
Men and women,
The vanilla growing in the morning is not fresher and sweeter every day.
Sprouting from one's own roots is fresher and sweeter than it is.
Constantly divorced from themselves. )
Sweat oozing from fluids and additional characters
The love of the young and the old,
Extract from it the charm of laughing at beauty and achievement,
The thrill of touching it, the pain of longing.
nine
Ellens Whoever you are, come with me!
Travel with me, and you will never get tired of what you find.
The earth is never tired,
At first, the earth was rude, silent and incomprehensible, and naturally it was rude.
It was hard to understand at first,
Don't be discouraged, stick to it, something sacred is wrapped,
I swear to you, there are sacred things more beautiful than words.
Ellens We can't stop there,
No matter how warm these idle shops are, no matter how convenient this residence is.
We can't stay here,
No matter how safe the port is, no matter how calm the waters are, we must
Don't break down here,
No matter what kind of hospitality we receive, we are allowed.
Accept it, but for a while.
10
Ellens The incentive should be bigger,
We will sail in the pathless and wild sea,
We will go to places where the wind blows, the waves rush and the Yankee Clippers.
Full speed ahead
Ellens Power, freedom, earth, natural environment,
Health, challenge, happiness, self-esteem and curiosity;
Ellens From all the formulas!
From your formula, oh, bat eyes and materialistic priests.
Stale bodies blocked the passage-burial didn't wait.
Ellens But please accept the warning!
He needs the best blood, blood and endurance to travel with me.
No one can participate in the trial unless he or she brings courage and health.
If you have done your best, don't come here.
Only those who are sweet and determined can come.
No patients, alcoholics or sexually transmitted diseases are allowed to enter here.
My people and I can't use arguments, similes, rhymes,
We believe in our existence. )
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Listen! I'll be honest with you,
I don't offer the old smooth prizes, but I offer the rough new prizes.
These days are bound to happen to you:
You shouldn't accumulate so-called wealth,
You should distribute everything you get lavishly,
It is difficult for you to get to the city you want to go to.
Before you solve your satisfaction, you will be treated by a person
The irresistible call to leave,
You will see those people's sarcastic smiles and ridicule.
The people who stay behind you,
You can only respond to the call of love with love.
A passionate goodbye kiss,
You shouldn't let those who reach out hold your hand.
At you.
12
Ellens After great companions, go and belong to them!
They are also on the road-they are fast and dignified people-they
Is the greatest woman,
Enjoy the calm and storm of the sea,
Many sailors on ships, pedestrians on many miles of land,
Residents of many distant countries, residents of distant homes,
Trustee of men and women, observer of the city, lonely worker,
Collectors and meditators of grass, flowers and shells on the beach,
A dancer in a wedding dance, a kisser of the bride, and a gentle assistant.
Children, children's caregivers,
Uprising soldiers, standing by the cracked grave, put down their coffins,
Travelers for several seasons, for many years, curious.
Every year comes before it,
Travelers are like their companions, that is, they are at different stages.
From the potential unrealized baby day,
Happily with their own youth, with their bearded travelers.
And good masculinity,
Travellers with women, abundant, surprising, satisfied,
Travelers with their own lofty adult or elderly women,
Old age, calm, expansion, the arrogant breadth of the vast universe,
Old age, free flow, enjoy the freedom of near death.
13
Ellens No beginning, no end,
Go through a lot, trudge during the day, rest at night,
Combine all their inclinations to travel, day and night.
They tend to,
Once again, put them together and start a better journey.
You can't see anything except where you may arrive and pass.
Don't imagine time, no matter how far away it is, as long as you can reach it and spend it,
Look up or down, no road is extended, waiting for you,
No matter how long it waits for you,
You can't see any existence, not God's, nor any existence, but you also go there.
See that there is no property, but you can have it and enjoy everything.
Labor or purchase, an abstract feast, but nothing abstract.
Its particles,
Combine the farmer's farm with the elegance of the rich
Villa, the pure blessing of a happily married couple, and
Fruits in orchards and flowers in gardens,
When you walk through a crowded city,
Wherever you go, take buildings and streets with you.
Collect people's thoughts, when you meet
They, collecting the love in their hearts,
Take your lover with you on the road, for everything you left.
They're behind you,
Understanding the universe itself is a road, many roads, roads.
The soul of travel.
For the progress of the soul,
All religions, all solids, art, government-all past and present.
Obviously, on this earth or any earth, it falls into niche and corner.
Before the soul travels along the cosmic avenue.
The souls of men and women follow the great road.
The universe, all other progress is the symbol and sustenance of need.
Live forever, move forward forever,
Solemn, solemn, sad, withdrawn, confused, crazy, turbulent, weak,
Not satisfied,
Despair, pride, like, sick, accepted by men, rejected by men,
They're gone! They're gone! I know they went, but I don't know where they went.
But I know they are moving in the best direction and in the great direction.
Whoever you are, come out! Or a man or a woman step forward!
However, you can't stay in the house to sleep and wander around.
You built it, or it was built for you.
Out of the dark's confinement! Get out from behind the screen!
It's no use protesting. I know everything. It's exposed.
See through you like everyone else,
Through people's laughter, dancing, eating and dinner,
Inside the clothes and decorations, on the washed faces,
Look at a secret silent disgust and despair.
No husband, no wife, no friends, believe in confession,
Another self, a copy of everyone, hiding,
Walking through the streets of the city invisibly and wordlessly, politely and
It's unremarkable in the living room,
In train carriages, on steamboats, at public gatherings,
Men and women's homes, on the table, in the bedroom,
It's everywhere,
Well-dressed, smiling, in good shape, died
The sternum, hell under the skull,
Under tweed and gloves, under ribbons and artificial flowers,
Keep the fair custom, don't say a syllable,
Talk about other things, but never talk about itself.
14
Ellens Through struggle and war!
Named goals are irrevocable.
Has the past struggle been successful?
What succeeded? Yourself? Your country? Natural?
Now please understand me-it exists in the essence of things.
Any fruit of success, no matter what, will appear.
Something that makes a bigger struggle necessary.
My call is a call to fight, I nourish positive resistance,
If he comes with me, he must bring his weapon.
His going with me is often accompanied by excess diet, poverty, angry enemies,
Deserted.
15
Ellens The road is in front of us!
It's safe-I've tried it-my own feet have tried it-no.
Detention!
Leave the paper on the table without writing, and the book is on the table
The shelf is not open!
Leave the tools in the workshop! Keep the money from being dug!
Let the school stand! Don't pay attention to the teacher's shouting!
Let the preacher preach in his pulpit! Let lawyers defend in court.
Courts and judges interpret the law.
Camerado, I'll give you my hand
I give you love more precious than money,
Before preaching or law, I give myself to you;
Can you give me your own help? Would you like to travel with me?
As long as we live, should we support each other?
PS: Whitman published only one collection of poems in his life, namely Leaves of Grass. However, there is a huge difference between the first publication and the last revision of Leaves of Grass. 1On July 4th, 855 (American Independence Day), the first edition of Leaves of Grass contained only 12 poems, and it was revised eight times later. By 1892, when Whitman died, it had been published in the ninth edition, and the poems included in it were also developed from the original poor 12 poems.