好詩(shī)獻(xiàn)給你 第2期:搖籃曲 Rock Me To Sleep
搖籃曲 - Elizabeth Akers Allen
Backward, turn backward, Time, in your flight, Makeme a child again just for tonight!
時(shí)間的流逝，后退，向后退，讓我做回小孩，就只在今夜!
Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take meagain to your heart as of yore;
母親，從沒(méi)有回音的海岸回來(lái)，一如往昔把我擁抱在懷里;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
親我額頭，充滿關(guān)懷的皺紋，順理我頭發(fā)上幾根銀絲;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep; — Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
在我睡眠中，一直憐愛(ài)地望著我 ;-搖我睡覺(jué)，母親 – 搖我入睡!
Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!
噢，歲月的潮汐，后退，向后退!
I am so weary of toil and of tears, — Toil without recompense, tears all in vain,
我己厭倦於辛勞與眼淚 –辛勞而沒(méi)有補(bǔ)償，眼淚都徒勞無(wú)功
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
都拿去吧，只要給回我童年!
I have grown weary of dust and decay, — Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away; Weary ofsowing for others to reap;
我已經(jīng)厭倦了塵埃與腐敗，厭倦於丟失我心靈財(cái)富，厭倦於為他人作嫁衣裳
Rock me to sleep, mother – rock me to sleep!
搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!
Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you!
厭倦於空洞，卑鄙，不真實(shí)，母親，噢，母親，我的心在呼喚您!
Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded, our faces between:
多少個(gè)夏天，草長(zhǎng)綠了，花開(kāi)了，凋謝了，在我們的面與面之間：
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I tonight for your presence again.
然而，強(qiáng)烈的愿望，激情的痛苦，讓我今夜渴望再見(jiàn)到您的出現(xiàn)。
Come from the silence so long and so deep;
來(lái)自沉默，那么的久遠(yuǎn)，那么的深沉，
Rock me to sleep, mother – rock me to sleep!
搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
來(lái)吧，讓您的棕發(fā)，閃閃發(fā)光，一如往昔落在您的肩膀;
Let it drop over my forehead tonight, Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
讓它落在我額頭，今夜，護(hù)我微弱的眼晴，不讓光線照到;
For with its sunny-edged shadows once more Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore;
因?yàn)?，再一次，這個(gè)邊緣充滿陽(yáng)光的身影，無(wú)意中又撩起昔日甜蜜的愿景;
Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep;
深情地，輕柔地，您明亮的發(fā)絲，波光粼粼 ;
Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long Since I last listened your lullaby song:
母親，親愛(ài)的母親，已經(jīng)好多年了，自從我最后一次聽(tīng)您的催眠曲;
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem Womanhood's years have been only a dream.
那么，唱吧，唱到我的心靈深處，讓我成長(zhǎng)為婦人的歲月，只不過(guò)是一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)
Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace, With your light lashes just sweeping my face, Neverhereafter to wake or to weep;
將我緊靠您的心，作個(gè)愛(ài)的擁抱，您的眼睫毛輕輕地，剛掃過(guò)我的面龐，從今而后，不再醒來(lái)或哭泣 ;
Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!
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詩(shī)歌作者介紹：
Elizabeth Akers Allen：伊麗莎白·愛(ài)倫。美國(guó)詩(shī)人(1832-1911)。Rock Me to Sleep(搖籃曲)于1860年，首次刊登在費(fèi)城周六晚報(bào)。這是她的一首廣為流傳的詩(shī)。至1932年，已有三十個(gè)作曲家，將之寫(xiě)入音樂(lè)。
