美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第五冊(cè) 第14期：唱歌課

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A nightingale made a mistake;

一只夜鶯，露了丑，

She sang a few notes out of tune:

剛開(kāi)口唱歌，就跑了調(diào)，

Her heart was ready to break,

它的心兒，就要碎了，

And she hid away from the moon.

連忙趕緊，躲開(kāi)月亮。

She wrung her claws, poor thing,

不小心還扭了腳，這可憐家伙，

But was far too proud to weep;

是否太過(guò)驕傲，大哭一場(chǎng)，

She tucked her head under her wing,

反正，它將頭蜷縮翼翅下，

And pretended to be asleep.

裝模作樣地睡著了。

A lark, arm in arm with a thrush,

云雀和畫(huà)眉，肩并肩，

Came sauntering up to the place;

蹣跚走過(guò)來(lái)，查看究竟，

The nightingale felt herself blush,

夜鶯捂住，羞紅的臉，

Though feathers hid her face;

雖然羽毛遮住，心中膽怯，

She knew they had heard her song,

它知道，鳥(niǎo)兒聽(tīng)見(jiàn)自己歌唱，

She felt them snicker and sneer;

嘰喳嘲笑，猶如芒刺，

She thought that life was too long,

它討厭憎恨，時(shí)光漫長(zhǎng)，

And wished she could skip a year.

一年眨眼過(guò)去，該有多棒！

"O nightingale!" cooed a dove;

“哦，夜鶯”，一只鴿子咕咕叫，

O nightingale! what's the use?

有什么大事不得了？

You bird of beauty and love,

你那么漂亮，又可愛(ài)，

Why behave like a goose?

何必，像那些粗鄙家鵝？

Don't sulk away from our sight,

別躲在旮旯里，生悶氣，

Like a common, contemptible fowl;

也不要小雞肚腸，沒(méi)度量，

You bird of joy and delight,

你應(yīng)該，開(kāi)心更快樂(lè)，

Why behave like an owl?

為什么，不學(xué)學(xué)貓頭鷹？

Only think of all you have done;

只要想一想，你所做的，

Only think of all you can do;

再思忖看看，你能做的，

A false note is really fun,

唱錯(cuò)了調(diào)，無(wú)關(guān)緊要，

From such a bird as you!

權(quán)當(dāng)有趣，一笑別過(guò)。

Lift up your proud little crest,

聳起你，那驕傲鳥(niǎo)冠，

Open your musical beak;

打開(kāi)你，美麗的喙角，

Other birds have to do their best,

鳥(niǎo)兒們，竭力幫助你，

You need only to speak!

不妨，亮開(kāi)歌喉再唱歌。

The nightingale shyly took her head from under her wing,

夜鶯，羞愧地，從翼翅里，抬起頭，

And, giving the dove a look,

感激中，看了鴿子一眼，

Straightway began to sing.

驀然間，亮開(kāi)嗓門(mén)，

There was never a bird could pass;

鳥(niǎo)兒，紛紛飛來(lái)駐足，

The night was divinely calm;

夜晚，霎時(shí)莊嚴(yán)靜穆，

And the people stood on the grass

草地上，人群安靜佇立，

To hear that wonderful psalm.

聆聽(tīng)那，質(zhì)樸無(wú)華的圣歌。

The nightingale did not care,

夜鶯，不再害怕，

She only sang to the skies;

它的歌聲，漸次上揚(yáng)回旋，

Her song ascended there,

它的目光，悠然攀升，

And there she fixed her eyes.

伴隨著，響徹入云驕傲，

The people that stood below,

歌聲拂過(guò)，嫻靜無(wú)邊夜色。

She knew but little about;

夜鶯，或許茫然不知，

And this tale has a moral, I know,

這篇故事，包含人生箴言，

If you'll try and find it out.

只要嘗試，奇跡不難發(fā)現(xiàn)。