[시] 윌리엄 워즈워드, 외로운 추수꾼
from Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803 - William Wordsworth
Behold her, single in the field,
Reaping and singing by herself;
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travellers in some shady haunt,
A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the seas
Will no one tell me what she sings?--
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
Or is it some more humble lay,
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again
Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending;
I saw her singing at her work,
And o'er the sickle bending;--
I listened, motionless and still;
Long after it was heard no more.