我記得,我記得

原著：Thomas Hood 湖北武漢 陳莉莎 譯注

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.

我記得，我記得

在我出生的那間屋子，

早晨，陽光從小窗

他從不早來片刻，

也從不多留半晌，

但現在，我常愿黑夜

帶走我的呼吸。

我記得，我記得

玫瑰花紅白相映，

紫羅蘭，還有百合——

要想真正理解這首詞，首先得思考兩個問題。一是作者為什么要寫這首詞？二是作者想要通過這首詞來表達什么？首先從這首詞的歷史背景來探求其創作原因。

全是由光織成的花朵！

有知更鳥筑巢的紫丁香，

還有哥哥在生日那天

種下的金鏈花，——

它仍舊生機勃勃！

我記得，我記得

我從前常在那兒蕩秋千，

想著拂面的風是如此清爽

風中的飛燕肯定也感覺一樣；

昔日我那自在翱翔的心靈，

如今變得如此沉重，

即使夏日的池塘也無法冷卻

我額頭的熱狂！

我記得，我記得

蒼郁高聳的冷杉；

我從前常以為它們細長的樹梢

已經逼近天空；

雖然那只是孩子的幼稚無知，

但是現在卻少有那般快樂

我知道兒時離我那么近的天堂

如今已經越來越遠了。

注釋：

peepv.窺視；偷看 winkn.眨眼；使眼色；瞬間；小睡 bearv.持有；攜帶 violetn.紫羅蘭

lily-cupsn.百合花 lilacn.丁香花 robinn.知更鳥 laburnumn.金鏈花

swallo wn.燕子 fir treen.杉樹 slenderadj.纖細的 ranceadj.無知