ROCK ME TO SLEEP
摇我入眠
Elizabeth (Akers) Allen. 1832–1911
BACKWARD, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
Make me a child again just for to-night!
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother,—rock me to sleep!
回来，飞逝中的时间，请你回来
让我再成为一个孩子，只在今晚
妈妈，请从没有回声的海岸归来
让我再一次贴近你的心，一如从前
轻吻我额头的深沟
抚平我发中的银线
爱意满满的看着我深眠
摇我入眠，妈妈 -- 请摇我入眠
Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,—
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain,—
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
I have grown weary of dust and decay,—
Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap;—
Rock me to sleep, mother,—rock me to sleep!
回来，岁月的潮水，请你回来
我已遍布伤痕满身疲倦
没有收获的辛劳，毫无意义的泪眼
请将它们拿走吧，请归还我的童年
我已厌倦了尘土和腐烂
厌倦了抛弃我的灵魂-财富
厌倦了播种却让别人收获
请摇我入眠，妈妈-请摇我入眠
Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue,
Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you!
Many a summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded, our faces between:
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain,
Long I to-night for your presence again.
Come from the silence so long and so deep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother,—rock me to sleep!
厌倦了空洞、卑鄙，和虚假
妈妈，哦妈妈，我的心在呼唤你
多少个芳草青青的夏天
其中忽隐忽现的，是我们的脸
而，强烈的向往着痛苦着，
今晚，我好盼望你再次出现
从那么远那么深的寂静中归来
摇我入眠，妈妈-请摇我入眠
Over my heart, in the days that are flown,
No love like mother-love ever has shone;
No other worship abides and endures,—
Faithful, unselfish, and patient like yours:
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and the world-weary brain.
Slumber’s soft calms o’er my heavy lids creep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
予我的心，在那些飞逝的日子里，
没有一种爱能与妈妈的相比，
没有其他信仰能容忍、坚韧、
忠实、无私、耐心， 如你
没有人象您一样，将痛苦
从那些生病的灵魂和破败的大脑 除去
深眠抚慰了我沉重眼睑的扭曲
请摇我入眠，妈妈-请摇我入眠
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let it drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with its sunny-edged shadows once more
Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore;
Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
回来，让闪着金光的褐色发丝，
落在你的肩头，一如从前
让它落在我的额头，就在今晚
为我眩晕的双眼挡住光线
因为这镶着金边的影子会再一次
使过去那甜蜜景象突然重现
爱抚地、轻柔地、它明亮的潮涌充满
请摇我入眠，妈妈 -- 请摇我入眠
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long
Since I last listened your lullaby song:
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood’s years have been only a dream.
Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep!
妈妈，亲爱的妈妈，那些日子已经过去很久了
自从上一次我听你的摇篮曲
请唱吧，它似乎唱到了我的心里
女人的岁月仿佛是一场梦境
环绕着你的心，在爱的环抱里
你的睫毛轻抚过我的脸庞
从此永远不需要醒来或哭泣
请摇我入眠，妈妈-请摇我入眠
