earlyautumnbyLangstonHughes早秋兰斯顿休斯原文及作者简介

EarlyAutumnWhenBillwasveryyoung,theyhadbeeninlove.Manynightstheyhadspentwalking,talkingtogether.Thensomethingnotveryimportanthadcomebetweenthem,andtheydidn'tspeak.Impulsively,shehadmarriedamanshethoughtsheloved.Billwentaway,bitteraboutwomen.Yesterday,walkingacrossWashingtonSquare,shesawhimforthefirsttimeinyears."BillWalker,"shesaid.Hestopped.Atfirsthedidnotrecognizeher,tohimshelookedsoold."Mary!Wheredidyoucomefrom?"Unconsciously,sheliftedherfaceasthoughwantingakiss,butheheldouthishand.Shetookit."IliveinNewYorknow,"shesaid."Oh"--smilingpolitely,thenalittlefrowncamequicklybetweenhiseyes."Alwayswonderedwhathappenedtoyou,Bill.""I'malawyer.Nicefirm,waydowntown[1].""Marriedyet?""Sure.Twokids.”"Oh,"shesaid.Agreatmanypeoplewentpastthemthroughthepark.Peoplethey

didn'tknow.Itwaslateafternoon.Nearlysunset.Cold."Andyourhusband?”heaskedher.“Wehavethreechildren.Iworkinthebursar'sofficeatColumbia[2].he“You'relookingvery…”(hewantedtosayold)“…well,”heSheunderstood.UnderthetreesinWashingtonSquare,shefoundherselfdesperatelyreachingbackintothepast.ShehadbeenolderthanhetheninOhio.Nowshewasnotyoungatall.Billwasstillyoung."WeliveonCentralParkWest[3],"shesaid."Comeandseeussometime."“Sure,"hereplied.“Youandyourhusbandmusthavedinnerwithmyfamilysomenight.Anynight.LucilleandI'dlovetohaveyou.”TheleavesfellslowlyfromthetreesintheSquare.Fellwithoutwind.Autumndusk.Shefeltalittlesick."We'dloveit,"sheanswered."Yououghttoseemykids."Hegrinned.SuddenlythelightscameonupthewholelengthofFifthAvenue[4],chainsofmistybrillianceintheblueair."There'smybus,"shesaid.Heheldouthishand."Good-bye.""When..."shewantedtosay,butthebuswasreadytopulloff.Thelightsontheavenueblurred.Andshewasafraidtoopenhermouthassheenteredthebus.Afraiditwouldbeimpossibletoutteraword.

Suddenlysheshriekedveryloudly,-bye!"G0cBiutthebusdoorhadclosed.Thebusstarted.Peoplecamebetweenthemoutside,peoplecrossingthestreet,peopletheydidn'tknow.Spaceandpeople.ShelostsightofBill.Thensherememberedshehadforgottentogivehimheraddress一ortoaskhimforhis--ortellhimthatheryoungestboywasnamedBill,too.Noteswaydowntown:在市中心Columbia:ColumbiaUniversityCentralParkWest:中央公园西部，纽约住宅区。FifthAvenue:第五大道，纽约繁华的商业区。LangstonHughes(1902-1967)兰斯顿-休斯JamesLangstonHughes,Americanblackpoet,playwright,andnovelist,oneofthemajormembersoftheHarlemRenaissanceinthe1920s.HewasborninJoplin,Missouri.Hisparentsdivorcedwhenhewasverysmall.Hughesonceservedamerchantseaman,achef(inParis),andabeachcomber(inItalyandSpain).HisothertravelsincludetripstoEuropeandAfrica.ClasHughesbeganwritingpoetryinhighschool,andwasselectedClasPoet”.Thesummerafterhegraduated,hepublishedhisfamouspoem"TheNegroSpeaksofRivers".Hereceivedrecognitionasapoetwhen,asayoungmanworkingasawaiterinahotel,heshowedsomeofhispoemstoaguest,theeminentpoet,VachelLindsay.LindsayenthusiasticallyintroducedthepoemstoaliterarygatheringatthehotelandHughesfirstbook,TheWearyBlues,waspublishedasaresultoftheencouragementhereceivedfromLindsay.In1926heenrolledatLincolnUniversity,wherehegraduatedin1929,thesameyearhefinishedhisfirstnovel.Hebecameawell-knownwritereversince.LangstonHugheswasaprolificwriter.Intheforty-oddyearsbetweenhisfirstbookin1926andhisdeathin1967,hedevotedhislifetowritingandlecturing.Hewrotesixteenbooksofpoems,twonovels,threecollectionsofshortstories,fourvolumesof"editorial"and"documentary"fiction,twentyplays,children'spoetry,musicalsandoperas,threeautobiographies,adozenradioandtelevisionscripttsanddozensofmagazinearticles.Inaddition,heeditedsevenanthologies.Hughes'distinguishedworksincludes:NotWithoutLaughter(1930);TheBigSea(1940);IWonderAsIWander(1956),hisautobiographies.Hismajorcollectionsofpoetryinclude:TheWearyBlues(1926);TheDreamKeeper(1932);ShakespeareInHarlem(1942);FieldsofWonder(1947);OneWayTicket(1947);TheFirstBookofJazz(1955);andSelectedPoems(1959).Oneofhisbest-writtenshortstorycollectionsisTheWayofWhiteFolks(1934)