美國語文第五冊 第204期：老鐘

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Oh! the old, old clock of the household stock,

哦，那座世代家傳的，

Was the brightest thing, and neatest;

漂亮精致的，老鐘，

Its hands, though old, had a touch of gold,

鍍過金的，老邁指針，

And its chimes rang still the sweetest;

鐘聲，言語不多，

it was a monitor, too, though its words were few,

歲月監(jiān)工下，耄耋老人

Yet they lived, though nations altered;

目睹，歷史烽煙滄桑幾度。

And its voice, still strong, warned old and young,

鐘聲，依然響亮悅耳，

When the voice of friendship faltered:

似乎，不停地告誡眾人，

"Tick! tick!" it said, quick, quick, to bed:

“叮當(dāng)！叮當(dāng)！趕快起床，”

For ten I've given warning;

悠悠十載，我熟悉的聲音，

Up! up! and go, or else you know,

快點！起床！我知道，

You'll never rise soon in the morning!

你總是懶惰，早起人太多。

A friendly voice was that old, old clock,

角落里老鐘，默默微笑佇立，

As it stood in the corner smiling,

不停地叮當(dāng)，像位熟識老友，

And blessed the time with merry chime,

快樂地報時，祈禱庸常時光，

The wintry hours beguiling;

陰郁的日子，仍然開心走過。

But a cross old voice was that tiresome clock,

可那件古董，多少有點討厭，

As it called at daybreak boldly;

每逢黎明破曉，它總刺耳鳴叫，

When the dawn looked gray o'er the misty way,

灰蒙蒙窗外，路上陰霾濃重，

And the early air looked coldly:

冰寒地凍， 狂風(fēng)刺骨呼嘯，

"Tick! tick!" it said, quick out of bed:

“叮當(dāng)！叮當(dāng)！趕快起床，”

For five I've given warning;

清晨剛過五點，催促聲聲不斷，

You'll never have health, you'll never have wealth,

如果賴床不起，結(jié)局當(dāng)然不妙，

Unless you're up soon in the morning!

你的健康財富，將從手中溜掉。

Still hourly the sound goes round and round,

每一時辰報時，走馬穿梭進(jìn)行，

With a tone that ceases never:

與生俱來音調(diào)，不曾歇息片刻，

While tears are shed for bright days fled,

安寧歲月流逝，淚水靜靜流淌，

And the old friends lost forever!

那些熟悉身影，已經(jīng)離開很久！

Its heart beats on, though hearts are gone, That beat like ours, though stronger;

雖然身隨風(fēng)去，音容笑貌如舊，今生不再握手，氣息依然徘徊；

Its hands still move, though hands we love

依戀那些雙手，尚在風(fēng)中揮舞；

Are clasped on earth no longer!

此生此世泯笑，斷然終究難逢。

"Tick! tick!" it said, to the churchyard bed,

“叮當(dāng)！叮當(dāng)！趕快起床，”

The grave hath given warning;

時鐘不斷警告，催促瀕死之人，

Up! up! and rise, and look at the skies,

看看外面天空，快點走向墓地，

And prepare for a heavenly morning!

伸手擁抱迎接，天堂新的日出！