我记得,我记得

原著：Thomas Hood 湖北武汉 陈莉莎 译注

I remember,I remember

The house where I was born,

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn;

He never came a wink too soon

Nor brought too long a day;

But now,I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away.

I remember,I remember

The roses,red and white,

The violets,and the lily-cups—

Those flowers made of light!

The lilacs where the robin built,

And where my brother set

The laburnum on his birthday,—

The tree is living yet!

I remember,I remember

Where I used to swing,

And thought the air must rush as fresh

To swallows on the wing;

My spirit flew in feathers then

That is so heavy now,

And summer pools could hardly cool

The fever on my brow.

I remember,I remember

The fir trees dark and high;

I used to think their slender tops

Were close against the sky:

It was a childish ignorance,

But now it’s little joy

To know I’m farther off from Heaven

Than when I was a boy.

我记得，我记得

在我出生的那间屋子，

早晨，阳光从小窗

他从不早来片刻，

也从不多留半晌，

但现在，我常愿黑夜

带走我的呼吸。

我记得，我记得

玫瑰花红白相映，

紫罗兰，还有百合——

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全是由光织成的花朵！

有知更鸟筑巢的紫丁香，

还有哥哥在生日那天

种下的金链花，——

它仍旧生机勃勃！

我记得，我记得

我从前常在那儿荡秋千，

想着拂面的风是如此清爽

风中的飞燕肯定也感觉一样；

昔日我那自在翱翔的心灵，

如今变得如此沉重，

即使夏日的池塘也无法冷却

我额头的热狂！

我记得，我记得

苍郁高耸的冷杉；

我从前常以为它们细长的树梢

已经逼近天空；

虽然那只是孩子的幼稚无知，

但是现在却少有那般快乐

我知道儿时离我那么近的天堂

如今已经越来越远了。

注释：

peepv.窥视；偷看 winkn.眨眼；使眼色；瞬间；小睡 bearv.持有；携带 violetn.紫罗兰

lily-cupsn.百合花 lilacn.丁香花 robinn.知更鸟 laburnumn.金链花

swallo wn.燕子 fir treen.杉树 slenderadj.纤细的 ranceadj.无知