讀點(diǎn)好英文:The Chimney Sweeper 掃煙囪的小男孩
The Chimney Sweeper 掃煙囪的小男孩
William Blake
When my mother died I was very young，
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry“‘weep！weep！weep！weep！”
So your chimney I sweep，&in soot I sleep.
There's little Tom Dacre who cried when his head
That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shav'd, so I said，
“Hush, Tom！never mind it, for when our head's bare，
You know that the soot cannot spoiI your white hair.”
And so he was quiet，&that very night，
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight！
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned，&Jack，
Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black；
And by came an angel who had a bright key，
And he open'd the coffins&set them all free；
Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run
And wash in a river, and shine in the sun；
Then naked&white, all their bags left behind，
They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind，
And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy，
He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.
And so Tom awoke；and we rose in the dark，
And got with our bags&our brushes to work.
Tho'the morning was cold, Tom was happy&warm；
So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
掃煙囪的小男孩
威廉·布萊克
我母親死的時(shí)候，我還小，
我父親把我賣給了別人，
我當(dāng)時(shí)還不太喊得清“掃呀，掃呀，”
就這樣白天掃你們的煙囪，晚上在煙灰里睡覺。
有個(gè)小湯姆，頭發(fā)卷得像羊毛，
剃光的時(shí)候，哭得好傷心，好難受，
我就說：“小湯姆，別哭，光了頭，
煙灰就不會(huì)糟蹋你的頭發(fā)了?！?/p>
他平靜了下來，當(dāng)天夜里，
湯姆睡著了，夢(mèng)見了這樣的景象，
迪克，喬，南德，杰克等千千萬萬個(gè)掃煙囪小孩
統(tǒng)統(tǒng)被鎖進(jìn)了黑棺材。
后來來了個(gè)天使，拿了把金鑰匙，
他打開棺材放出了孩子們（真是好天使?。?/p>
他們又跳又笑地來到了草地上，
洗浴于河水，晾曬于陽光。
把工具袋丟下，赤條條的，白白的，
他們升到云端，在風(fēng)中嬉戲；
“只要你做個(gè)好孩子，”天使對(duì)湯姆說，
“上帝會(huì)做你的父親，永不缺少歡喜?！?/p>
湯姆于是夢(mèng)醒，我們?cè)诤诎抵衅鸫玻?/p>
拿起工具袋和刷子去干活。
晨風(fēng)雖冷，湯姆自感心歡溫暖；
如果所有人都恪盡職守，就不怕災(zāi)難。
實(shí)戰(zhàn)提升
背景知識(shí)
威廉·布萊克（William Blake），18世紀(jì)末19世紀(jì)初英國著名的畫家，英國文學(xué)史上最復(fù)雜、最有個(gè)性的詩人之一。布萊克的早期詩歌以頌揚(yáng)愛情、向往歡樂與和諧為主題。他的詩歌語言質(zhì)樸，形象鮮明，富有音樂感，充滿瑰麗的想象和奔放的激情。后期詩作明顯具有神秘主義傾向和宗教色彩，用象征的手法來表達(dá)深邃的思想。布萊克生活清貧，靠繪畫和雕刻為生，他那富有個(gè)人靈念與想象力的恢弘詩篇生前并沒有得到承認(rèn)。英國文學(xué)界直到19世紀(jì)末才開始意識(shí)到他們?cè)瓉砗雎缘牡牟粌H僅是一位頗有造詣的版畫家，而且還是一位詩哲。
在很多年以前，男孩們經(jīng)常去掃煙囪。他們得爬到煙囪里面，刮干凈煤煙，然后把它們掃走，這可是一項(xiàng)艱苦的工作，而且對(duì)身體非常有害。這首詩選自《天真之歌》，進(jìn)一步表明“天真”是超越官能的感官束縛的關(guān)鍵，這樣就賦予天真以深刻的內(nèi)涵。
單詞注解
tongue[t??]說話能力；口才
spoiI[sp?il]損壞；糟蹋
coffin['k?fin]棺材，靈柩
名句誦讀
When my mother died l was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry“‘weep！weep！weep！weep！”So your chimney l sweep，&in soot l sleep.
And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins&set them all free；Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run And wash in a river, and shine in the sun；
And so Tom awoke；and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags&our brushes to work. Tho'the morning was cold, Tom was happy&warm；So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
