“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
英语
“我自相矛盾吗?那好吧,我就是自相矛盾。”
Song of Myself ↗ (1855)
《自我之歌》“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, / And what I assume you shall assume, / For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”
英语
“我赞美我自己,歌唱我自己,/我所承受的你也将承受,/因为属于我的每一个原子同样属于你。”
《自我之歌》第1节(开篇)
“I have said that the soul is not more than the body, / And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, / And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's self is.”
英语
“我曾说灵魂并不比身体更多,/我也曾说身体并不比灵魂更多,/没有什么,包括上帝,比一个人自身更伟大。”
Song of Myself, 48 ↗ (1855)
《自我之歌》第48节“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
英语
“我在世界的屋顶上发出我野蛮的呐喊。”
Song of Myself, 52 ↗ (1855)
《自我之歌》第52节