美國語文第五冊 第11期：爺爺
The farmer sat in his easy-chair
躺在休閑椅上的老農(nóng)，
Smoking his pipe of clay,
悠閑地抽著陶制煙斗，
While his hale old wife with busy care,
他硬朗的年邁妻子，
Was clearing the dinner away;
忙碌收拾著杯盤狼藉。
A sweet little girl with fine blue eyes,
藍(lán)眼睛可愛的小姑娘，
On her grandfather's knee, was catching flies.
趴在爺爺膝上捉蜻蜓。
The old man laid his hand on her head,
老人摩挲孫女的頭，
With a tear on his wrinkled face,
滿臉皺紋，淚水撲簌在流。
He thought how often her mother, dead,
孩子的媽媽去世不久，
Had sat in the selfsame place;
好像還坐在從前地方。
As the tear stole down from his half-shut eye,
“不要抽煙！”孩子開口說話，
"Don't smoke!" said the child, "how it makes you cry!"
“你怎么哭了，爺爺？”
The house dog lay stretched out on the floor,
趴在午后蔭涼地上，
Where the shade, afternoons, used to steal;
愜意打盹的老狗；
The busy old wife by the open door was turning the spinning wheel,
片刻不得空閑的老婦人，門前，吱呀呀紡著棉花。
And the old brass clock on the manteltree,
壁爐楣頂上古老銅鐘，
Had plodded along to almost three.
快到三點(diǎn)的時(shí)針在爬。
Still the farmer sat in his easy-chair,
老人還躺在休閑椅上，
While close to his heaving breast,
他呼吸急促，神色安詳，
The moistened brow and the cheek so fair of his sweet grandchild were pressed;
飽經(jīng)滄桑的臉頰沾滿淚漬，懷里抱著他可愛的孫女，
His head bent down, all her soft hair lay;
頭發(fā)蓬松，腦袋耷拉，
Fast asleep were they both on that summer day.
夏日午后，祖孫倆都睡著啦。
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