When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer —— by Walt Whitman 一堂天文課 When I heard the learn'd astronomer , 當我聽那位博學的天文學家的講座時， When the proof s, the figures, were ranged in column s before me, 當那些證明、資料一欄一欄地排列在我眼前時， When I was shown the charts, the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, 當那些表格、圖解展現在我眼前要我去加、去減、去測量時， When I sitting heard the learned astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room, 當我坐在報告廳聽著那位天文學家演講、聽著一陣陣掌聲響起時， How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, 很快地我竟莫名其妙地厭倦起來， Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, 於是我站了起來悄悄地溜了出去， In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, 在神秘而潮濕的夜風中，一遍又一遍， Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars. 靜靜地仰望星空。
