一見(jiàn)鐘情

　　Wislawa Szymborska

　　維斯拉瓦?辛波絲卡

　　They both thought that a sudden feeling had united them.

　　他倆都認(rèn)為一種陡然而起的感情把他們聯(lián)系。

　　This certainty is beautiful,

　　這種確定性很美麗，

　　even more beautiful than uncertainty.

　　甚至美得連飄忽不定也無(wú)法比。

　　They thought they didn’t know each other,

　　他們認(rèn)為他們彼此并不認(rèn)識(shí)，

　　nothing had ever happened between them,

　　他們間也不曾發(fā)生任何故事，

　　These streets, these stairs, this corridors,

　　這些街道，這些走廊，這些樓梯，

　　Where they could have met so long ago?

　　很久以前他們會(huì)不會(huì)相遇在那里?

　　I would like to ask them, if they can remember –

　　我想問(wèn)他們，是否他們還能記憶——

　　perhaps in a revolving door face to face one day?

　　或許某天，他們碰過(guò)面在一扇旋轉(zhuǎn)門(mén)里?

　　A “sorry“ in the crowd? “Wrong number“ on the ’phone?

　　在電話里說(shuō)過(guò)一句“撥錯(cuò)號(hào)”? 在人群里說(shuō)過(guò)一聲“對(duì)不起”?

　　- but I know the answer.

　　——可是那答案我自知：

　　No, they don’t remember.

　　不，他們什么也不會(huì)記。

　　How surprised they would be

　　他們會(huì)多么驚奇!

　　For such a long time already

　　已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)久，長(zhǎng)久地，

　　Fate has been playing with them.

　　命運(yùn)一直在和他們玩游戲。

　　Not quite yet ready to change into destiny,

　　還沒(méi)有充分準(zhǔn)備向命運(yùn)把頭低，

　　which brings them nearer and yet further,

　　命運(yùn)把他們拉近，而又把他們推離，

　　cutting their path

　　切斷他們的道路聯(lián)系，

　　and stifling a laugh,

　　然后讓笑聲強(qiáng)壓抑，

　　escaping ever further;

　　逃跑得更加遙遠(yuǎn)萬(wàn)里;

　　There were sings(signs), indications,

　　留下一些標(biāo)志，一些痕跡，

　　undecipherable, what does in(it) matter.

　　具體是什么，卻無(wú)法破譯。

　　Three years ago, perhaps or even last Tuesday,

　　也許在三年前，或許就在第二天上個(gè)星期，

　　this leaf flying from one shoulder to another?

　　從一個(gè)人的肩向另一個(gè)人的肩飄過(guò)這片葉子?

　　Something lost and gathered.

　　有些東西已失去，有些東西在聚集。

　　Who knows, perhaps a ball already

　　天知道，或許是一個(gè)球彈起

　　in the bushes, in childhood?

　　滾進(jìn)了灌木叢，在孩提?

　　There were handles, door bells,

　　有把手轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，有門(mén)鈴滴滴，

　　where, on the trace of a hand,

　　在那里，一只手握過(guò)的印記，

　　another hand was placed;

　　另一只手又曾經(jīng)摁下痕跡;

　　suitcases next to one another in the left luggage.

　　在行李寄存處，兩只手提箱緊緊靠著彼此。

　　And maybe one night the same dream forgotten on walking;

　　也許某個(gè)夜晚同樣被忘卻的夢(mèng)漫步天際;

　　But every badging is only a continuation,

　　可是每個(gè)標(biāo)記都只是間斷后的再開(kāi)始，

　　and the book of fate is always open in the middle.

　　命運(yùn)之書(shū)總是打開(kāi)在中間一頁(yè)紙。

　　2Home, Sweet Home

　　家啊，甜蜜的家

　　John H Payne

　　約翰?佩恩

　　'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;

　　縱然游遍海角天涯，住高樓住大廈， 但是沒(méi)有一處地方能勝過(guò)自己的家。

　　A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there, Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.

　　仿佛天上飄來(lái)的聲音，同我們說(shuō)著話， 叮嚀游子莫忘家園，在心中常牽掛。

　　Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

　　家，家，我甜蜜的家， 再?zèng)]有一處地方，能勝過(guò)自己的家。

　　I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear wild, And feel that my mother now thinks of her child,

　　當(dāng)我走在冷落的曠野，總抬頭望明月， 遙想我那慈愛(ài)的母親，盼游子心切切。

　　As she looks on that moon from our own cottage door the woodbine, whose fragrance shall cheer me no more.

　　此刻也站在茅屋門(mén)前，望月兒盈又缺， 我多盼望在她身邊，吻故鄉(xiāng)的花和葉。

　　Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

　　家，家，我甜蜜的家， 再?zèng)]有一處地方，能勝過(guò)自己的家。

　　An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain; Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again!

　　背井離鄉(xiāng)，飄泊四方，繁華難動(dòng)心腸， 只求重新返回家園，低矮的茅屋旁，

　　The birds singing gayly, that came at my call Give me them-and the peace of mind, dearer than all!

　　小鳥(niǎo)聽(tīng)到我的召喚，飛回來(lái)快樂(lè)地唱： 讓我重溫安寧的生活，那是我最向往。

　　Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!

　　家，家，我甜蜜的家， 再?zèng)]有一處地方，能勝過(guò)自己的家。

母親的英文詩(shī)歌有翻譯篇2

　　母親致兒子

　　Langston Hughes

　　朗斯頓?休斯

　　Well,son,I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

　　孩子，我要告訴你 生活對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)沒(méi)有水晶般的階梯

　　It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare.

　　它自有自己的軌道 有荊棘 有坎坷 沒(méi)有鮮花和紅地毯 光禿禿的什么也沒(méi)有

　　But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's,

　　但是在我所有的生命歷程中 攀登過(guò)高峰 我淌過(guò)平原

　　And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark

　　經(jīng)歷過(guò)人生的轉(zhuǎn)折 有時(shí)處于絕望中

　　Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back.

　　在那里里看不到任何希望 因此，我的孩子，請(qǐng)不要回頭

　　Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

　　不要放慢你前進(jìn)的步伐 即使你遇到再大的坎坷

　　Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin',honey, I'se still climbin',

　　請(qǐng)你不要沉淪 因?yàn)橛H愛(ài)的，有我繼續(xù)陪你一道 繼續(xù)攀登

　　And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

　　因?yàn)樯钪袥](méi)有水晶般繽紛的階梯

　　4Mother

　　母親

　　Howard Johnson

　　霍華德?約翰遜

　　"M" is for the million things she gave me,

　　M表示她為我做的成千上萬(wàn)的事情

　　"O" means only she's growing old, O

　　表示她正在漫漫變老

　　"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

　　T表示她為我流下的眼淚

　　"H" is for her heart of purest gold,

　　H表示她金子般純凈的心

　　"E" is for her eyes,with the love-light shining.

　　E表示她閃爍著愛(ài)的光芒的眼睛

　　"R" means right,and she'll always be,

　　R表示她永遠(yuǎn)都是對(duì)的

　　Put them all together,they spell "MOTHER",

　　把這些字母拼在一起，就拼成了"母親"

　　A word that means the world to me.

　　這個(gè)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)意味著整個(gè)世界的單詞

　　5賜予我生命的女人

　　The Woman in My Life

　　我生命中的這位女性，總能在我墮落時(shí)將我接住當(dāng)我受傷時(shí)視我如嬰孩般的擁抱

　　The woman in my life Catches me when I've fallen And holds me like a baby when I'm hurt

　　無(wú)論我爬得多高，都能引導(dǎo)我平安落地當(dāng)我需要她時(shí)，

　　No matter how high I climb She guides me safely back to Earth

　　她就在身邊做我的守護(hù)天使，黑暗中，

　　And she's there when I need her My guardian angel In the dark

　　我能看見(jiàn)她陪伴著我

　　I can see her Here by my side

　　我生命中的這位女性， 說(shuō)我是她夢(mèng)寐以求， 是她所要的一切

　　The woman in my life Says I'm the one she prayed for And all she's ever gonna need

　　但她也是我心所向往的人， 不論過(guò)去現(xiàn)在和未來(lái)

　　But she's the one my heart was made for And that's the way it's always gonna be

　　如今我才了解，為何父親會(huì) 如此迷戀我生命中的這位女性

　　Now I understand just why my dad Is crazy 'bout the woman in my life

關(guān)于母親的英文詩(shī)歌5篇（有翻譯）