32 The End告别-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《新月集The Crescent Moon》

The Crescent Moon The End It is time for me to go,mother;I am going. When in the paling darkness of the lonely dawn you stretch out your arms for your baby in the bed,I shall say,"Baby is not there!"-mother,I am going. I shall become a delicate draught of air and caress you;and I shall be ripples in the water when you bathe,and kiss you and kiss you again. In the gusty night when the rain patters on the leaves you will hear my whisper in your bed,and my laughter will flash with the lightning through the open window into your room. If you lie awake,thinking of your baby till late into the night,I shall sing to you from the stars,“Sleep,mother,,sleep.” On the straying moonbeams I shall steal over your bed,and lie upon your bosom while you sleep. I shall become a dream,and through the little opening of your eyelids I shall slip into the depths of your sleep,and when you wake up and look round startled,like a twinkling firefly I shall flit out into the darkness. ·100· 新月集「 告别 是我走的时候了，母亲；我走了。 D paling [peilin]v.(pale 当清寂的黎明，你在暗中，伸出双臂，要抱你睡在 的现在分词)变得苍白， 床上的孩子时，我要说道：“孩子不在那里呀！”一 变得暗淡 ②draught[dra:f)n.气流 母亲，我走了。 ③caress [ko'res],抚摸， 我要变成一股清风抚摸着你，我要变成水中的小 轻抚 ④ripple[ripl]m.微波，涟 波，当你浴时把你吻了又吻。 漪 大风之夜，当雨点在树叶中淅沥时，你在床上，会 ⑤gusty[gasti]a.(风）阵 阵劲吹的 听见我的微语，当电光从开着的窗口闪进你的屋里时， 我的笑声也偕了它一同闪进了。 如果你醒着躺在床上，想着你的孩子到了深夜，我 便要从群星里向你唱道：“睡呀，母亲，睡呀。” 6 straying [strein]v(stray 的现在分词）游荡 我要坐在照澈各处的月光上，偷到你的床上，乘你 睡着时，躺在你的胸上。 我要变成一个梦儿，从你眼皮的小孔中，钻到你睡 ⑦startled['sta:tidg 眠的深处；当你醒起来吃惊地四看时，我便如闪耀的萤 (startle的过去分词)吃 惊 火似的熠熠地向暗中飞去了。 ·101· The Crescent Moon When,on the great festival of puja,the neighbours'children come and play about the house,I shall melt into the music of the flute and throb in your heart all day. Dear auntie will come with puja-presents and will ask,"Where is our baby, sister?"Mother,you will tell her softly,"He is in the pupils of my eyes,he is in my body and in my soul." ·102· 新月集 ①puja[pu:dkan.印度教 当普耶大祭日，邻家的孩子们来屋里游玩时，我便 的礼拜 ②throb[0robv震颜，震 要融化在笛声里，整日价在你心头震荡。 动 亲爱的阿姨带了普耶礼2来，问道：“我的孩子在哪 里呢，姊姊？”母亲，你要柔声地告诉她：“他呀，他 ③pupil[pju:pol]n.【解剖 现在是在我的瞳人3里，他现在是在我的身体里，在我 学】瞳孔 的灵魂里。” 1普耶原文为Puja,同Pooja,梵语“崇拜”，印度人对于典礼的崇 拜都叫Puj,并无一定的节。这里所谓“普耶大祭日”是随意指印度 的某一个大祭神日。 2普耶礼就是指某一个节日亲友相互馈送的礼物。 3现在一般写作“瞳仁”。 ·103·