云天：和D.W：罗卜霜“小蓝鸟”诗译兼小女的A Little Jay

西客，我又摆回来了。

你儿子打网球时笑得好可爱！

 

D.W. 的 英文诗《 Claim the Sky》好cute：

 

 

 

 

愿D.W. 的小黑鸟早日飞上晴空！：）

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读过之后忍不住匆匆译了罗卜霜的小蓝鸟一诗。

几年前，老大的老师让她们选首诗背诵。 我替她选了这首，因为她喜欢小鸟。

两个女儿都有许多会唱歌的小鸟(stuffed birds)。 家中有好几本 bird watching guide.  

走在林中， 看到小鸟， 她们就会告诉我小鸟的名字。

每当看到鸟儿在空中嬉戏，听到林间婉啭的啁啾，心中总升起一曲欢歌。
 

The Last Word of a Blue Bird
Robert Frost
 
As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said, "Oh,
I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for the skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax-
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."
 
 
蓝鸟最后的话
罗伯特。佛罗斯特
云天译
 
我走到户外，一只乌鸦
低声说，“啊，
我刚才正找你呀。
你好吗？
我正要来告诉你
请你转告莱丝丽（行吗，你？）
她的小蓝鸟啊
让我捎个话
说昨夜的北风
明亮了星辰
让水槽结了冰块
害得他差点咳起来
连他尾巴上的羽毛都掉了，唉。
他只有飞上天！
但他要向莱丝丽道再见，
叮嘱她做听话的孩子，
戴上她的红帽子，
留心臭鼬的行迹
在雪地里要拿着斧子—
做所有的事！
也许春暖花开时
他会带着歌声重回故地。“

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顺便再贴上小女的旧诗凑兴。

 

A  Little Jay
By Tabby Cat  in 2007
 
Once I saw a little jay
By winterwinds it was swept away.
And to me, it did say,
" Tweet--a--tweet!
I want to go home and eat!"
So for many days we searched and searched
On snow white birch and the redwood tree
Till we came to an old oak tree
And the jay shouted, "It's my home I see!
Tweet--a--tweet
Now I can go home and eat!"
 
A year went by and then I hear
A voice that sounds familiar
"Tweet--a--tweet,
Do you want to come and eat?"
 
The Lark Ascending