第二冊(cè)第11篇：我記得，我記得

11 I Remember, I Remember 我記得，我記得

By Thomas Hood 托馬斯·胡德

I remember, I remember

The house where I was born,

The little window where the sun

Came peeping m at morn(1);

He never came a wink too soon,

Nor brought too long a day,(2)

But now I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away I(3)

我記得，我記得

我出生的那所房屋，

還有那扇小窗，

清晨太陽(yáng)向里面窺探。

它從不提前一瞬來(lái)臨，

也不使人感到白天太長(zhǎng)。

可現(xiàn)在我卻常常希望，

黑夜能使我安息長(zhǎng)眠!

I remember, I remember

The roses red and white,

The violets, and the lily-cups,

Those flowers made of light !(4)

The lilacs where the robin built,

And where my brother set

The laburnum on his birth-day,--

The tree is living yet !

我記得，我記得

那紅色的和白色的玫瑰，

還有紫羅蘭和百合花瓣，

那些光彩斑斕的花朵!

那知更鳥(niǎo)筑巢的紫丁香，

我弟弟在他生日那天

將金鏈花種在它旁邊--

這棵樹(shù)至今生機(jī)勃勃!

I remember, I remember

Where I was used to swing(5),

And thought the air must rush as fresh

To swallows on the wing(6);

My spirit flew in feathers then,

That is so heavy now,

And summer pools could hardly cool

The fever on my brow!

我記得，我記得

我常去蕩秋千的地方，

心想那撲向飛翔著的燕子的清風(fēng)

必定是同樣地令人心曠神怡，

我的心啊，那時(shí)猶如插翅飛翔，

現(xiàn)在卻沉重?zé)o比，

即使夏日的水潭也難以

消退我額頭上的高熱!

I remember, I remember

The fir-trees dark and high;

I used to think their slender tops

Were close against the sky:

It was a childish ignorance,

But now 't is little joy

To know I'm further off from heaven(7)

Than when I was a boy.

我記得，我記得

那些樅樹(shù)蒼郁而高聳，

我常思量它們纖細(xì)的樹(shù)梢

幾乎緊貼著天空，

那是孩子的天真無(wú)知，

但現(xiàn)在我卻很少歡樂(lè)，

由于知道自己離開(kāi)天國(guó)

比兒時(shí)更加遙遠(yuǎn)。

英文注釋：

(1) morn=morning，常用于詩(shī)歌中。

(2) Nor brought too long a day：也不使人感到白天太長(zhǎng)。暗指童年快樂(lè)，不覺(jué)察時(shí)光之流逝。

(3)Had borne my breath away：帶走我的生命。breath代表"生命'。這句暗指老年覺(jué)得長(zhǎng)夜漫漫，但愿能長(zhǎng)眠安息。

(4)Those flowers made of light;由光彩組成的花朵。指花朵色彩鮮艷。

(5)I Was used to swing：was used to解作"習(xí)慣于"，swing用作名詞，解作"秋千的擺動(dòng)"。由于swing作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，可解作"上絞刑"，因此不使用 I used to swing的結(jié)構(gòu)。

(6) on the wing：正在飛翔的。

(7) I'm further off from heaven：離開(kāi)天國(guó)更加遙遠(yuǎn)。這句話感嘆自己年老時(shí)不如童年時(shí)天真無(wú)邪，那樣圣潔。