美国语文第六册 第240期:衬衫之歌(3)

（单词翻译）

Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose¹ sweet! With the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet,

莫负春日花草香，黄花痴长春更浓！头上蓝天脚下草，

for only one short hour to feel as I used to feel, before I knew the woes² of want, and the walk that costs a meal!

觉我未觉只一消，一餐愁苦心自知！

"Oh but for one short hour, a respite³, however brief!

“转瞬稍安何其短！

No blessed leisure for love or hope, but only time for grief!

闲暇怎与爱与望，仅付时光与悲伤！

A little weeping would ease my heart, but in their briny⁴ bed my tears must stop,

饮泣窃窃慰吾心，涕泪莫与海中花，

for every drop hinders needle and thread."

滴滴碍吾针线忙。”

With fingers weary and worn, with eyelids⁵ heavy and red, a woman sat, in unwomanly rags, playing her needle and thread;

手指酸软渐磨伤，眼皮沉重血丝浓，衣不遮体斜身坐，针线飞舞又穿梭；

Stitch! stitch! stitch! in poverty, hunger, and dirt,

一针一针再一针！饥寒交迫哪堪当，

and still with a voice of dolorous⁶ pitch, would that its tone could reach the rich! She sang this "Song of the Shirt."

声音悲呛引吭歌，却道是《衬衫之歌》。