夢

夢

      布萊克

Dream

       Blake

 

舊夢確實編陰影

天使護床上曾經，

似在我躺草草地

一隻螞蟻把路迷。

 

Once a dream did weave a shade

O'er my angel-guarded bed,

That an emmet lost its way

Where on grass methought I lay.

 

煩惱、狂野和孤獨，

黑暗昏沉風霜苦，

許多纏結樹枝上，

聽她心碎對我講：

 

Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,

Dark, benighted, travel-worn,

Over many a tangle spray,

All heart-broke, I heard her say:

 

“孩子他們可哭泣，

聽到其父作歎息？

他們放眼國外看，

回來為我長潸然。”

 

"Oh my children! do they cry,

Do they hear their father sigh?

Now they look abroad to see,

Now return and weep for me."

 

不禁掉淚生憐憫：

螢火蟲兒在附近，

它說：“為何發哀號

守夜之人相喚召？

 

Pitying, I dropped a tear:

But I saw a glow-worm near,

Who replied, "What wailing wight

Calls the watchman of the night?

 

“甲蟲繞它轉得忙

我把大地照通亮：

跟隨甲蟲嗡嗡聲；

流浪小兒轉回程！”

 

"I am set to light the ground,

While the beetle goes his round:

Follow now the beetle's hum;

Little wanderer, hie thee home!"