美國語文第六冊 第89期:快活的老先生(2)

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他住在山楂樹巷的一幢房子里，門口掩映玫瑰和忍冬;

His rooms were quiet, and neat, and plain, But a spirit of comfort there held reign, And made him forget he was old and poor.

他的房間靜謐，整潔又簡樸，但充滿溫馨和愜意，他簡直忘了自己年事已高又貧窮。

"I need so little," he often said;

“我無所求，”他常說。

"And my friends and relatives here below Won't litigate over me when I am dead," Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.

“我死時(shí)，我的朋友和親戚在陰間不會(huì)起訴我的。”很久以前，這個(gè)歡快的老先生說。

But the pleasantest times he had of all, Were the sociable hours he used to pass,

他的全部快活的時(shí)光就是那幾小時(shí)與人交流的時(shí)間，

With his chair tipped back to a neighbor's wall, Making an unceremonious call, Over a pipe and a friendly glass:

他的椅子向后抵著鄰家的墻，隨意叫人給他拿來煙斗和花鏡

This was the finest pleasure, he said, Of the many he tasted here below:

這是最純粹的快樂，他說，他在那里已經(jīng)嘗試很多回了：

"Who has no cronies had better be dead," Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.

“沒有朋友的人生不如死，”很久以前，這個(gè)歡快的老先生說。

The jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face Melted all over in sunshiny smiles;

這個(gè)歡快的老先生那張閃閃發(fā)光的臉綻出愉快的微笑;

He stirred his glass with an old-school grace, Chuckled, and sipped, and prattled apace, Till the house grew merry from cellar to tiles.

他扶了一下花鏡，姿勢那般優(yōu)雅，咯咯一笑，呷了一口茶，像孩子般天真無邪地說著什么，直到整幢房子從地窖到瓦片都透著歡樂。