MOTHER, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-- 妈妈，住在云端的人对我唤道——我们从醒的时候游戏到白日终止。

　　"We play from the time we wake till the day ends.

我们与黄金色的曙光游戏，我们与银白色的月亮游戏。

”　　We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon.

我问道：但是，我怎么能够上你那里去呢?

”　　I ask, "But, how am I to get up to you?

" They answer, "Come to the edge of the earth, lift up your hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds.

" 他们答道：你到地球的边上来，举手向天，就可以被接到云端里来了。

”　　"My mother is waiting for me at home," I say.

"How can I leave her and come?

" 我妈妈在家里等我呢，”我说，我怎么能离开她而来呢?

”　　Then they smile and float away.

于是他们微笑着浮游而去。

　　But I know a nicer game than that, mother.

但是我知道一件比这个更好的游戏，妈妈。

　　I shall be the cloud and you the moon.

我做云，你做月亮。

　　I shall cover you with both my hands, and our house-top will be the blue sky.

我用两只手遮盖你，我们的屋顶就是青碧的天空。

　　The folk who live in the waves call out to me-- 住在波浪上的人对我唤道—— 我们从早晨唱歌到晚上;我们前进又前进地旅行，也不知我们所经过的是什么地方。

”　　"We sing from morning till night; on and on we travel and know not where we pass.

" 我问道：但是，我怎么能加入你们队伍里去呢?

”　　I ask, "But, how am I to join you?

" They tell me, "Come to the edge of the shore and stand with your eyes tight shut, and you will be carried out upon the waves.

" 他们告诉我说：来到岸旁，站在那里，紧闭你的两眼，你就被带到波浪上来了。

”　　I say, "My mother always wants me at home in the evening--how can I leave her and go?

" 我说：傍晚的时候，我妈妈常要我在家里——我怎么能离开她而去呢!

”　　Then they smile, dance and pass by.

于是他们微笑着，跳舞着奔流过去。

　　But I know a better game than that.

但是我知道一件比这个更好的游戏。

　　I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore.

我是波浪，你是陌生的岸。

　　I shall roll on and on and on, and break upon your lap with laughter.

我奔流而进，进，进，笑哈哈地撞碎在你的膝上。

　　And no one in the world will know where we both are.

世界上就没有一个人会知道我们俩在什么地方。

【泰戈尔新月集　第14期: 云与波 Clouds and waves(双语赏析)查看网站：[db:时间]】