美國語文第四冊 第193期：母親的墳墓（03）
I did not tell anyone what troubled me, but stole back to my bed, resolved to rise early in the morning and tell her how sorry I was for my conduct.
我沒有告訴別人困擾我的是什么，悄悄地回到我的床上，我下定決心第二天早晨告訴她我是多么后悔。
The sun was shining brightly when I awoke, and, hurrying on my clothes, I hastened to my mother's chamber.
醒來時，太陽很刺眼，我急急忙忙換好衣服來到母親的房間。
She was dead! She never spoke more—never smiled upon me again;
她已經去世了！不再對我說什么，也不再對我微笑了；
and when I touched the hand that used to rest upon my head in blessing, it was so cold that it made me start.
我觸摸著她的手，她曾經把手放在我頭上祝福我，現在是那么涼，使我吃了一驚。
I bowed down by her side, and sobbed in the bitterness of my heart.
我跪在她的床邊，心中凄苦地啜泣。
I then wished that I might die, and be buried with her; and, old as I now am,
我多么希望我死了，和她埋在一起；現在不再年輕的我，
I would give worlds, were they mine to give, could my mother but have lived to tell me she forgave my childish ingratitude.
如果能讓母親活著告訴我她已經原諒我兒時不懂得感恩，我愿意用全世界來交換——如果全世界都是我的。
But I can not call her back; and when I stand by her grave, and whenever I think of her manifold kindness,
但是時間不會倒轉；現在我站在母親墳墓旁，想著慈祥的母親，
the memory of that reproachful look she gave me will bite like a serpent and sting like an adder.
記憶中她責備我的神情就像毒蛇一樣嚙咬著我。
