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Ⅴ. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID第五章《雷霆的话》。重新回到欧洲是一片干旱的荒原这一主题。诗的起首用耶稣被钉死在十字架上来象征信仰、理想、崇高的精神追求在欧洲大地上消失，诗人认为，从此欧洲便成了一片可怖的荒原。人们渴望着活命的水，盼望着救世主的出现，盼望着世界的复苏，灵魂的再造。他用《圣经》的典故写了耶稣复活后的身影。然而基督并未重临，却听见了惊天动的一声巨响―――革命的象征。艾略特把社会主义革命视为人类的一场灾难。最后，诗人借雷霆的话告诫人们：要施舍、同情、克制、皈依宗教，这样大地才会复苏，人们才会摆脱不死不活的处境获得永久的宁静。 Christ in the Garden of GethsemaneAFTER the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and place and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience 在汗湿的面孔被火把照亮后 在花园经过寒霜的死寂后 在岩石间的受难后 还有呐喊和哭号 监狱、宫殿和春雷 在远山的回音振荡以后 那一度活着的如今死了 我们曾活过而今却垂死 多少带一点耐心 Because people do not believe in any religion.the water-dripping song of the hermit-thrush; longing for water, rejuvenationHere is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road The road winding above among the mountains Which are mountains of rock without water If there were water we should stop and drink Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think Sweat is dry and feet are in the sand If there were only water amongst the rock Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit There is not even silence in the mountains But dry sterile thunder without rain There is not even solitude in the mountains But red sullen faces sneer and snarl From doors of mudcracked houses 这里没有水只有岩石 有石而无水，只有砂石路 砂石路迂回在山岭中 山岭是石头的全没有水 要是有水我们会停下来啜饮 在岩石间怎能停下和思想 汗是干的，脚埋在沙子里 要是岩石间有水多么好 死山的嘴长着蛀牙，吐不出水来 人在这里不能站，不能躺，不能坐 这山间甚至没有安静 只有干打的雷而没有雨 这山间甚至没有闲适 只有怒得发紫的脸嘲笑和詈骂 从干裂的泥土房子的门口the water-dripping song of the hermit-thrush; longing for water, rejuvenationIf there were water And no rock If there were rock And also water And water A spring A pool among the rock If there were the sound of water only Not the cicada And dry grass singing But sound of water over a rock Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees Drip drop drip drop drop drop dr