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最初的茉莉

The First Jasmines

Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines!

啊,这些茉莉,这些洁白的茉莉!

I seem to remember the first day when I filled my hands with these jasmines, these white jasmines.

我依稀记得我的双手第一次捧满了这些茉莉花.这些洁白的茉莉花的时候.

I have loved the sunlight, the sky and the green earth;

我曾爱那阳光,爱那天空还有那绿色的大地;

I have heard the liquid murmur of the river through the darkness of midnight;

我曾在漆黑的午夜聆听那河水淙淙的呢喃;

Autumn sunsets have come to me at the bend of a road in the lonely waste,

秋日的夕阳,在荒原道路的转弯处迎接我,

like a bride raising her veil to accept her lover.

好像新娘掀起她的面纱迎接她的爱人.

Yet my memory is still sweet with the first white jasmines that I held in my hand when I was a child.

然而,我回忆起孩提时第一次捧在手里的洁白茉莉,心理充满了甜蜜的回忆.

Many a glad day has come in my life, and I have laughed with merrymakers on festival nights.

我生平有过许多快乐的日子,在节日盛典的夜晚,我曾经与狂欢者一同大笑.

On grey mornings of rain I have crooned many an idle song.

在细雨霏霏的清晨,我吟唱过许多闲散的歌谣.

I have worn round my neck the evening wreath of bakulas woven by the hand of love.

我颈上也曾戴着爱人用手织就的"芭库拉丝"黄昏花环.

Yet my heart is sweet with the memory of the first fresh jasmines that filled my hands when I was a child.

然而,我回忆起孩提是第一次捧着手里的洁白茉莉,心里充满了甜蜜的回忆.

《当你老了》

作者：叶芝（爱尔兰）

When You Are Old

By W.B. Yeats（1865 - 1939）

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read,

and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face among a crowd of stars.

当你老了，白发茫茫，睡眼蒙眬，

壁炉前打盹儿，请取出这本诗歌，

轻轻吟咏，追忆你过去温柔的眼神，

回想它们深深的倒影；

多少人爱你青春妩媚的时光，

爱慕你的美貌，假意，也或真心，

唯有一人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂，

爱你渐衰面容上痛苦的皱纹。

垂首，在红光闪耀的壁炉旁，

凄然地轻诉那爱情的消逝，

在头顶的山间它缓缓踱步，

在漫天繁星中藏匿脸庞。

君生我未生，I was not when you were born

我生君已老，You were old when I was born

君恨我生迟，You regret that I was late born

我恨君生早。I regret that you were early born

君生我未生，I was not when you were born

我生君已老，You were old when I was born

恨不生同时，I wished to have been born together

日日与君好。We could enjoy our time together

我生君未生，You were not when I was born

君生我已老。I was old when you were born

我离君天涯，I was so far away from you

君隔我海角。You were so distant from me

我生君未生，You were not when I was born

君生我已老。I was old when you were born

化蝶去寻花，I'd become a flower-seeking butterfly

夜夜栖芳草。And sleep on the fragrant grass every night.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.被一个人深深地爱着将给你力量，深深地爱着一个人将给你勇气。 ——节选自《哈尔的移动城堡》

Remember me when I am gone away，
Gone far away into the silent land；
When you can no more hold me by the hand，
Nor I half turn to go，yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned;
Only remember me；you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember，do not grieve；
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had，
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

望你记着我，在我离去之后——
远远地离去，进入寂静之国；
那时你不能再把我的手紧握，
我也不能再犹疑着，欲去还留。
记着我，当你不能再无止无休
对我描绘我俩未来的生活。
只望你记着我，因为你也懂得：
那时已来不及再商量或祈求。
不过如果你暂时把我忘记，
随后又重新记起，你别悲痛，
因为假如黑暗和腐朽之余
还留下我的思念的一点痕迹，
我情愿你忘记而面露笑容，
也不愿你记住而愁容戚戚。

Who has seen the wind? 
Neither I nor you. 
But when the leaves hang trembling 
The wind is passing through. 

谁曾见过风？ 
你我都不曾。 
可当树叶颤动时， 
便是风穿过。 

Who has seen the wind? 
Neither you nor I. 
But when the trees bow down their heads 
The wind is passing by. 
谁曾见过风？ 
你我都不曾。 
可当众树低头时， 
便是风路过。 

If one day you feel like crying...

假如有一天你想哭...

Call me.

打电话给我...

I don''t promise that I will make you laugh,

我不能保证能使你笑,

But I can cry with you.

但是我能陪着你一起哭.

If one day you want to run away--

假如有一天你想逃跑--

Don''t be afraid to call me.

别怕打电话给我.

I don''t promise to ask you to stop...

我不能叫你停留在这...

But I can run with you.

但我能陪你一起跑.

If one day you don''t want to listen to anyone...

假如有一天你不想再听到任何人说的话...

Call me.打电话给我.

I promise to be there for you.

我保证会在你身边.

And I promise to be very quiet.

并且保持沉默.

But if one day you call...

但是如果有一天你打电话给我...

And there is no answer...

而我却没有接听...

Come fast to see me.

请快来见我.

Perhaps I need you.

我可能需要你.

There is nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.

把手握紧，里面什么也没有；把手放开，你得到的是一切。

——节选自《指环王》

Listen, my heart, to the whispers of the world with which it makes love to you.

静静地听，我的心呀，听那世界的低语，这是它对你求爱的表示呀。

When I wake up each morning

and see you next to me

I know that my day will be all right

Sometimes it is hard

to put feelings into words

but I want you to know

how you affect me

When I wake up

and see you in the morning

I am so happy

that we are together

I respect you

I admire you

I love you deeply

When I wake up each morning

and see you next to me

no matter what happens

I know that my day will

be all right

每天早晨当我醒来

看到你在我身旁

我知道我这一天将会一切都好

有时很难用话语来表达感受

但是我想让你知道

你是怎样影响着我

当我早晨醒来看到你

我是那么开心

我们在一起

我尊重你

敬佩你

又深深地爱着你

每天早晨当我醒来

看到你在我身旁

不管会发生什么

我知道我的一天将会一切都好