葉芝的母親之歌英語美文欣賞
The Song of The Mother----Yeats
I rise in the dawn, kneel and blow,
Till the seed of fire flicker and glow.
And then I must scrub and blake and sweep,
Till stars are beginning to blink and peep.
And the young lie long and dream in their bed
Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head.
我在清晨起牀，跪在火爐旁用力吹着爐膛
直到點點火星燃起，搖曳着紅光。
然後，擦洗器具，烘烤食物，打掃庭院
直到羣星滿布，在天空眨眼窺探。
孩子們睡到很晚，沉迷夢鄉
爲美麗的人兒整理華裝。
And their day goes over idleness,
And they sigh if the wind but lift the tress.
While I must work, because I am old,
And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.
他們的日子在虛空中流淌，
只爲那風吹散的長髮留一聲喟嘆。
而我必須要勞作，因爲我老了，
那燃燒的火種也漸漸微弱，冷卻了。
