31 LOOKING-CLASS RIVER
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三十一 鏡子河
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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羅伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森
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| Smooth it slides upon its travel, |
河面平滑，河水靜靜流， |
| Here a wimple, there a gleam— - |
這兒浪一閃，那兒水一皺—— |
| O the clean gravel ! |
啊，光潔的石頭! |
| O the smooth stream ! |
啊，平靜的溪流! |
| Sailing blossoms, silver fishes, |
落花掛帆漂，銀魚兒水里跳， |
| Paven pools as clear as air— - |
池塘平如鏡，清水天空照—— |
| How a child wishes |
啊，孩子這樣想?。?/td>
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| To live down there ! |
住在那里有多好! |
| We can see our coloured faces |
我們能看見自己的紅臉龐， |
| Floating on the shaken pool |
池面在搖晃，臉龐在動蕩， |
| Down in cool places, |
動蕩在幽暗、清涼 |
| Dim and very cool; |
而又安靜的地方; |
| Till a wind or water wrinkle, |
過來一陣風，吹皺一池水， |
| Dipping marten, plumping trout, |
貂兒一身濕，鱒魚竄浪飛， |
| Spreads in a twinkle |
水紋在擴散，只一會兒， |
| And blots all out. |
波平浪靜風不吹。 |
| See the rings pursue each other; |
瞧水圈一個把一個來追; |
| All below grows black as night, |
河底下象夜晚一般漆黑， |
| Just as if mother |
正像媽媽吹滅了 |
| Had blown out the light |
一支蠟燭的光輝! |
| Patience, children, just a minute |
孩子們，再等一分鐘時光—— |
| See the spreading circles die; |
那擴散的水圈兒就會消亡; |
| The stream and all in it |
溪水和水里的一切 |
| Will clear by-and-by |
會重新清澈明亮。 |
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屠 岸 方合繡譯 |
