泰戈?duì)枴缎略录返?8期:十二點(diǎn)鐘 TWELVE O'CLOCK

《新月集》 (The Crescent Moon，1903)是印度詩(shī)人、作家泰戈?duì)杽?chuàng)作的詩(shī)集，主要譯自1903年出版的孟加拉文詩(shī)集《兒童集》，也有的是用英文直接創(chuàng)作的。 詩(shī)集里著力描繪的是一個(gè)個(gè)天真可愛(ài)的兒童。詩(shī)人塑造了一批神形兼?zhèn)?、熠熠閃光的天使般的兒童藝術(shù)形象。

 

 

28 十二點(diǎn)鐘 TWELVE O'CLOCK

MOTHER, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my book all the morning.

媽媽，我真想現(xiàn)在不做功課了。我整個(gè)早晨都在念書(shū)呢。

You say it is only twelve o'clock. Suppose it isn't any later; can't you ever think it is afternoon when it is only twelve o'clock?

你說(shuō)，現(xiàn)在還不過(guò)是十二點(diǎn)鐘。假定不會(huì)晚過(guò)十二點(diǎn)罷;難道你不能把不過(guò)是十二點(diǎn)鐘想象成下午么?

I can easily imagine now that the sun has reached the edge of that rice-field, and the old fisher-woman is gathering herbs for her supper by the side of the pond.

我能夠容容易易地想象：現(xiàn)在太陽(yáng)已經(jīng)到了那片稻田的邊緣上了，老態(tài)龍鐘的漁婆正在池邊采擷香草作她的晚餐。

I can just shut my eyes and think that the shadows are growing darker under the madar tree, and the water in the pond looks shiny black.

我閉上了眼就能夠想到，馬塔爾樹(shù)下的陰影是更深黑了，池塘里的水看來(lái)黑得發(fā)亮。

If twelve o'clock can come in the night, why can't the night come when it is twelve o'clock?

假如十二點(diǎn)鐘能夠在黑夜里來(lái)到，為什么黑夜不能在十二點(diǎn)鐘的時(shí)候來(lái)到呢?