泰戈?duì)枴缎略录返?4期:同情 SYMPATHY

在《新月集》中，詩(shī)人書(shū)寫(xiě)了孩子純凈的心靈。孩子們喜歡玩簡(jiǎn)單的小游戲，且樂(lè)此不疲。“他們用沙子建造房屋，他們用空貝殼游戲。”“孩子，你多么快樂(lè)，整個(gè)早晨坐在塵土里，玩著一根折斷的小樹(shù)枝。”孩子們有著奇妙的想象，“如果我鬧著玩兒，變成一朵金香木花，長(zhǎng)在那樹(shù)的高枝上，在風(fēng)中笑得搖搖擺擺，在新生嫩葉上跳舞，媽媽?zhuān)阏J(rèn)得出是我嗎?”此外，《新月集》也描寫(xiě)了孩子和母親的感情。“他知道慈母心中小小一角就可以容納無(wú)窮的歡樂(lè)，被母親逮住了緊抱在她慈愛(ài)的雙臂里，遠(yuǎn)比自由甜蜜。”在詩(shī)人的筆下，詩(shī)中的母親帶有一種圣潔的光輝。

24 同情 SYMPATHY

IF I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish?

如果我只是一只小狗，而不是你的小孩，親愛(ài)的媽媽?zhuān)?dāng)我想吃你的盤(pán)里的東西時(shí)，你要向我說(shuō)“不”么?

Would you drive me off, saying to me, "Get away, you naughty little puppy?"

你要趕開(kāi)我，對(duì)我說(shuō)道：“滾開(kāi)，你這淘氣的小狗”么?

Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.

那末，走罷，媽媽?zhuān)吡T!當(dāng)你叫喚我的時(shí)候，我就永不到你那里去，也永不要你再喂我吃東西了。

If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?

如果我只是一只綠色的小鸚鵡，而不是你的小孩，親愛(ài)的媽媽?zhuān)阋盐揖o緊地鎖住，怕我飛走么?

Would you shake your finger at me and say, "What an ungrateful wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?"

你要對(duì)我搖你的手，說(shuō)道：“怎樣的一個(gè)不知感恩的賤鳥(niǎo)呀!整夜地盡在咬它的鏈子”么?

Then, go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will never let you take me in your arms again.

那末，走罷，媽媽?zhuān)吡T!我要跑到樹(shù)林里去;我就永不再讓你抱我在你的臂里了。