48 BRONWEN OF THE FLOWERS
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四十八 花叢里的布蓉溫
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Eleanor Farjeon
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埃莉諾·法杰恩
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Bronwen gathered wild-flowers |
布蓉溫采集野花, |
Up-and-down the lane; |
從小徑這邊到那邊; |
Her gathering touch upon them. |
她的手觸到花朵, |
Sweeter was than rain. |
花感到比雨水還甜。 |
Now a blossom overblown, |
一朵花開過了盛期, |
Now a bud begun— |
一朵花正待綻開—— |
Her eye that lightened on them |
她射到花上的目光 |
Was quicker than the sun. |
閃得比陽光還快。 |
One by one she named them, |
她逐個給花兒取名, |
Oh, she did express |
哦,用美名一串 |
In her pretty namings |
她充分顯示出那些 |
All their prettiness: |
花兒的美麗嬌妍: |
Some were fit for virgins, |
有的名恰好給處女, |
Some for merry dames, |
有的名給快活的太太, |
And the love with which she named them |
她給花命名時的愛心 |
Was lovelier than their names. |
比花名更加可愛。 |
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方谷繡 屠 岸譯 |