作品原文

英文版本

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

all I say to you, as appropriate, for every atom belonging to me,

also belongs to you.And invite my soul with me around,

I bow down, leisurely observation of a piece of summer grass.

My tongue, every atom of my blood, are from this earth, the air,

I grow up here, my parents grow here, their parents also grow here,

I am now thirty-seven years old, the body is healthy,

hope to continue to keep on singing till death.

Dogma and school in abeyance,

step back, satisfied now they already gave me everything,

but never put them all forgotten,

whether it is good or evil, I will be free of, no scruples,

with a primitive energy natural.

字词注释

《自己之歌》是《草叶集》初版的开卷之作。在此诗中揭示了“草叶”的意义：自然界最平凡、最普通的草，有广大的生活天地和强劲的生命力量，它“在宽广的地方和狭窄的地方都一样发芽，在黑人和白人中都一样地生长”。惠特曼认为草是他的形象，他的“意向的旗帜，由代表希望的碧绿物质所织成”，他要用“如同草一样朴实”的语言讴歌祖国和人民。在诗人心目中，不朽的草象征不朽的人民，正在发展中的美国、自由和民主的理想。

作品译文

我赞美我自己，歌唱我自己，