The Mother

 

母亲颂

The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word "Mother,"

人的嘴唇所能发出的最甜美的字眼,就是母亲,

and the most beautiful call is the call of "My mother."

最美好的呼喊，就是妈妈这个声音。

It is a word full of hope and love,

这是一个简单而又意味深长的字眼，

a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart.

充满了希望和爱意，充满了来自内心深处所有甜蜜和亲昵的感情。

The mother is everything,

在人生中，母亲乃是一切。

she is our consolation in sorrow,our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness.

在悲伤时，她是慰藉；在沮丧时，她是希望；在软弱时，她是力量；

She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.

她是同情，怜悯，慈爱，宽宏的源泉。

He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.

谁要是失去了母亲，谁就失去了他的头所能依托的胸膛，失去了为他祝福的手，失去了保护他的眼睛。

Everything in nature bespeaks the mother.

自然界的一切，都象征并表露着母性。

The sun is the mother of earth and gives it its nourishment of heart;it never leaves the universe at night until it has put the earth to sleep to the song of the sea and the hymn of birds and brooks.

太阳，是大地的母亲，她以热量孕育了大地，用阳光拥抱大地。

And this earth is the mother of trees and flowers.

大地，是树木花草的母亲，

It produces them, nurses them, and weans them.

她生育并培养它们，直到它们长大，

The trees and flowers become kind mothers of their great fruits and seeds.

树木花草又是香甜可口的果实和充满活力的种子的慈母。

And the mother, the prototype of all existence,is the eternal spirit, full of beauty and love.

而宇宙万物的母亲，则是充满美和爱的永恒不灭的精神。