好詩獻給你 第2期:搖籃曲 Rock Me To Sleep

Rock Me To Sleep - Elizabeth Akers Allen

搖籃曲 - Elizabeth Akers Allen

Backward, turn backward, Time, in your flight, Makeme a child again just for tonight!

時間的流逝，后退，向后退，讓我做回小孩，就只在今夜!

Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take meagain to your heart as of yore;

母親，從沒有回音的海岸回來，一如往昔把我擁抱在懷里;

Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;

親我額頭，充滿關(guān)懷的皺紋，順理我頭發(fā)上幾根銀絲;

Over my slumbers your loving watch keep; — Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!

在我睡眠中，一直憐愛地望著我 ;-搖我睡覺，母親 – 搖我入睡!

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!

噢，歲月的潮汐，后退，向后退!

I am so weary of toil and of tears, — Toil without recompense, tears all in vain,

我己厭倦於辛勞與眼淚 –辛勞而沒有補償，眼淚都徒勞無功

Take them, and give me my childhood again!

都拿去吧，只要給回我童年!

I have grown weary of dust and decay, — Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away; Weary ofsowing for others to reap;

我已經(jīng)厭倦了塵埃與腐敗，厭倦於丟失我心靈財富，厭倦於為他人作嫁衣裳

Rock me to sleep, mother – rock me to sleep!

搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!

Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you!

厭倦於空洞，卑鄙，不真實，母親，噢，母親，我的心在呼喚您!

Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded, our faces between:

多少個夏天，草長綠了，花開了，凋謝了，在我們的面與面之間：

Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I tonight for your presence again.

然而，強烈的愿望，激情的痛苦，讓我今夜渴望再見到您的出現(xiàn)。

Come from the silence so long and so deep;

來自沉默，那么的久遠，那么的深沉，

Rock me to sleep, mother – rock me to sleep!

搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!

Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as of old;

來吧，讓您的棕發(fā)，閃閃發(fā)光，一如往昔落在您的肩膀;

Let it drop over my forehead tonight, Shading my faint eyes away from the light;

讓它落在我額頭，今夜，護我微弱的眼晴，不讓光線照到;

For with its sunny-edged shadows once more Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore;

因為，再一次，這個邊緣充滿陽光的身影，無意中又撩起昔日甜蜜的愿景;

Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep;

深情地，輕柔地，您明亮的發(fā)絲，波光粼粼 ;

Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!

搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!

Mother, dear mother, the years have been long Since I last listened your lullaby song:

母親，親愛的母親，已經(jīng)好多年了，自從我最后一次聽您的催眠曲;

Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem Womanhood's years have been only a dream.

那么，唱吧，唱到我的心靈深處，讓我成長為婦人的歲月，只不過是一場夢

Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace, With your light lashes just sweeping my face, Neverhereafter to wake or to weep;

將我緊靠您的心，作個愛的擁抱，您的眼睫毛輕輕地，剛掃過我的面龐，從今而后，不再醒來或哭泣 ;

Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!

搖我入睡，母親 – 搖我入睡!

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詩歌作者介紹：

Elizabeth Akers Allen：伊麗莎白·愛倫。美國詩人(1832-1911)。Rock Me to Sleep(搖籃曲)于1860年，首次刊登在費城周六晚報。這是她的一首廣為流傳的詩。至1932年，已有三十個作曲家，將之寫入音樂。