28 THE BAREFOOT BOY |
二十八 赤脚男孩 |
John Gr eenleaf Whittier |
约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂叶 |
| Blessings on thee, little man, | 祝福你呵，小小年纪， |
| Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan! | 赤脚男孩，晒黑的面皮! |
| With thy turned-up pantaloons, | 穿一条马裤，卷边的裤脚， |
| And thy merry whistled tunes; | 口哨轻吹，欢快的曲调; |
| With thy red lip, redder still | 嘴唇红红，尝过了山中 |
| Kissed by strawberries on the hill; | 生长的草莓，变得更红; |
| With the sunshine on thy face, | 透过风度潇洒的破帽沿， |
| Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace | 阳光照上了你的孩子脸; |
| From my heart I give thee joy, ----- | 我衷心祝愿你满心欢快，—— |
| I was once a barefoot boy ! | 我也曾一度是赤脚男孩! |
| Prince thou art, ---- the grown-up man | 你是王子，——长大的成人 |
| Only is republican. | 只是共和政体的公民。 |
| Let the million-dollared ride | 让百万富翁纵横驰骋! |
| Barefoot, trudging at his side, | 赤脚孩，你在他身旁行进， |
| Thou hast more than he can buy | 通过你的眼睛和耳朵 |
| In the reach of ear and eye, ---- | 你得到的远比他买到的多，—— |
| Outward sunshine, inward joy: | 户外的阳光，内心的欢爱： |
| Blessings on thee, barefoot boy ! | 祝福你呵，赤脚男孩! |
| Oh for boyhood's painless play, | 无忧无虑呵，游戏的童年， |
| Sleep that wakes in laughing day, | 一觉醒来是欢笑的白天， |
| Health that mocks the doctor's rules, | 身体健，谁管医生的律条， |
| Knowledge never learned of schools, | 知识多，不是从课堂里学到， |
| Of the wild bee's morning chase, | 知道野蜂追逐在早上， |
| Of the wild-flower's time and place, | 知道野花在哪里开放; |
| Flight of fowl and habitude | 禽鸟怎样飞翔，森林里 |
| Of the tenants of the wood; | 各种鸟类有什么脾气; |
| How the tortoise bears his shell, | 乌龟怎样背负着甲壳， |
| How the tortoise bears his shell, | 土拨鼠怎样把洞穴挖好， |
| And the ground-mole sinks his well; | 鼹鼠又怎样挖通地道; |
| How the robin feeds her young, | 知更鸟怎样喂养子女， |
| How the oriole's nest is hung; | 黄鹏怎样修筑巢居; |
| Where the whitest lilies blow, | 白色百合花在哪里开放， |
| Where the freshest berries grow, | 新鲜的浆果在哪里生长， |
| Where the ground-nut trails its vine, | 哪里伸展着野豆的藤蔓， |
| Where the wood-grape's clusters shine; | 哪里闪亮着野生的葡萄串; |
| Of the black wasp's cunning way, | 知道黑马蜂熟练的技巧， |
| Mason of his walls of clay, | 能用粘土来构筑蜂巢， |
| And the architectural plans | 灰色大黄蜂是营造专家， |
| Of gray hornet artisans! | 有着一整套建筑规划! |
| For, eschewing books and tasks, | 躲过了作业，避开了书本， |
| Nature answers all he asks; | 大自然回答了所有的提问; |
| Hand in hand with her he walks, | 他跟大自然手拉手行进， |
| Face to face with her he talks, | 他跟大自然面对面谈论， |
| Part and parcel of her joy,---- | 分享大自然的欢乐情怀，—— |
| Blessings on the barefoot boy! | 多么幸福呵，赤脚男孩! |
| Oh for boyhood's time of June, | 啊，童年时代的六月， |
| Crowding years in one brief moon, | 一年的花季这时候集结， |
| When all things I heard or saw, | 我听到、看到的一切都在 |
| Me, their master, waited for. | 等着我(他们的主人)到来。 |
| I was rich in flowers and trees, | 我拥有多少鲜花和树丛， |
| Humming-birds and honey-bees; | 歌唱的小鸟，嗡嗡的蜜蜂; |
| For my sport the squirrel played, | 多好玩啊，松鼠在游戏， |
| Plied the snouted mole his spade; | 尖嘴的鼹鼠勤奋地挖地; |
| For my taste the blackberry cone | 紫色的黑莓供我品尝， |
| Purpled over hedge and stone; | 窜出了石崖，越过了篱墙; |
| Laughed the brook for my delight | 欢笑的溪水使我喜悦， |
| Through the day and through the night, | 日日夜夜流淌不歇; |
| Whispering at the garden wall, | 在花园墙边悄悄低语， |
| Talked with me from fall to fall; | 从落差到落差向我倾诉; |
| Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond, | 我有镶沙的狗鱼池塘， |
| Mine the walnut slopes beyond, | 我有胡桃树在那边斜坡上， |
| Mine, on bending orchard trees, | 我有仙乡果园的苹果 |
| Apples of Hesperides! | 在果树弯弯的枝上挂着! |
| Still as my horizon grew, | 我的眼界越来越开阔， |
| Larger grew my riches too; | 我的财富也越来越多; |
| All the world I saw or knew | 我见到、了解的整个世界 |
| Seemed a complex Chinese toy, | 像中国玩具组合成一台 |
| Fashioned for a barefoot boy! | 造出来给一个赤脚男孩! |
| Oh for festal dainties spread, | 哦，节日里有美味佳肴， |
| Like my bowl of milk and bread; | 像我的碗里有牛奶面包， |
| Pewter spoon and bowl of wood, | 白镴的汤匙，木头的碗， |
| On the door-stone, gray and rude ! | 在门前青灰的铺石上用餐! |
| O' er me, like a regal tent, | 在我的上空，像豪华锦帐， |
| Cloudy-ribbed, the sunset bent, | 霞光四射，落日辉煌， |
| Purple-curtained, fringed with gold, | 紫幕垂挂，镶着金边， |
| Looped in many a wind-swung fold; | 风卷云霓，百褶连环; |
| While for music came the play | 这时候来了阵阵乐声， |
| Of the pied frogs' orchestra; | 是青蛙乐队开始奏鸣; |
| And, to light the noisy choir, | 为了照亮喧闹的歌班， |
| Lit the fly his lamp of fire. | 荧火虫点起了灯光闪闪。 |
| I was monarch: pomp and joy | 我是君王：欢乐和气派 |
| Waited on the barefoot boy ! | 全都侍奉着赤脚男孩! |
| Cheerily, then, my little man, | 那么，孩子，趁着童年， |
| Live and laugh, as boyhood can ! | 愉快地生活，常开笑颜! |
| Though the flinty slopes be hard, | 虽然石头坡嶙峋难爬， |
| Stubble-speared the new-mown sward., | 新割的草地布满尖茬， |
| Every morn shall lead thee through | 可每个早晨会领你去经历 |
| Fresh baptisms of the dew; | 滴滴露水的新鲜洗礼; |
| Every evening from thy feet | 每个傍晚有凉风吹拂， |
| Shall the cool wind kiss the heat: | 从你的脚边送走炎热： |
| All too soon these feet must hide | 一眨眼功夫你这双赤脚 |
| In the prison cells of pride, | 将藏进体面的鞋子监牢， |
| Lose the freedom of the sod, | 不能在草地上自由来去， |
| Like a colt's for work be shod, | 像钉上铁蹄干活的马驹， |
| Made to tread the mills of toil, | 要在磨坊里踏步劳动， |
| Up and down in ceaseless moil: | 转来转去不停地做工： |
| Happy if their track be found | 但愿这一双脚丫的踪迹 |
| Never on forbidden ground; | 不会印上禁区的土地; |
| Happy if they sink not in | 但愿这双脚不会陷进 |
| Quick and treacherous sands of sin. | 蒙人的流沙，罪恶的陷阱。 |
| Ah ! that thou couldst know thy joy, | 呵，要珍惜你幸福还在， |
| Ere it passes, barefoot boy! | 可幸福难再呵，赤脚男孩! |
| 屠 岸译 |
双语童诗：赤脚男孩
教程：英美童诗 浏览：1996
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