翻译小诗《回答》

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Robert Clairmont

“ asked a lamb, a goat, a cow:

“What'?”

I asked a hog as he went by:

"Where will the whole thing end, and when?" asked a duck, a goose and a hen: And I copied all the answers too,

A quack, a honk, an oink, a moo.

回答

罗伯特·克拉利蒙特

我问一只绵羊、一只山羊和一只牛:

“世界何时起源？世界怎样开始？

我问了一只猪:“世界为何存在？”

他无动于衷地走开。

我问一只鸭、一只鹅和一只母鸡:

“世界会怎样结束？世界会何时灭亡？”

我把所有的回答都抄了下来:

鸭子嘎嘎，母鸡咯咯，猪在呼噜，牛在哞哞。