为什么《纸船》的译文和书上不一样泰戈尔《母亲》英文版

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为什么《纸船》的译文和书上不一样
泰戈尔 《母亲》英文版

Answer 1

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no song, flutter and fall there with a sign.
夏日,离群的鸟儿歌唱着掠过我的窗台.
秋天,枯黄的落叶只伴着一声叹息飘落.
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O troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.
世间那队渺小的旅者,请留些痕迹在我的字里行间吧.
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The world put off its mask of vastness to its lover. It become small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
当世界为了它的爱人脱下那无边际的面具,它将小得如一首永恒的歌,一个不朽的吻.
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It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.
是地球的泪水洗刷出她绚烂微笑.
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The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of glass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
宽广的沙漠热切地追求那摇首微笑着离开的小草.
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If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
当你错过太阳时流泪了,你也将错过群星.
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The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. Will you carry the burden of their lameness?
灵动的流水啊,这一路走来,沙子们乞求你的歌声和舞蹈,而你可否愿意载着跛脚的他们一路前行.
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Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
宛如夜雨一般萦绕在我梦中的,是她那殷切的面容.
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Once we dreamt that we were strangers.
We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
梦中我们互不相识.
醒来大家亲密无间.
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Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.
我心中的忧伤已归于平静,正如那月色下的寂静树林.
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Some unseen fingers, like an idle breeze, are play upon my heart the music of the ripples.
那无迹可寻的指尖,如同悠扬的清风,拨弄着我的心弦.
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“What language is thine, O sea?”
“The language of eternal question.”
“What language is thy answer, O sky?”
“The language of eternal silence.”
“大海啊,你在述说着什么?”
“是那永恒的疑问.”
“天空啊,你将如何作答?”
“用那无尽的沉默.”
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Listen, my heart, to the whispers of the world with which it makes love to you.
我的心啊,快听,那是世界对你爱的呢喃.
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The mystery of creation is like the darkness of night——it is great. Delusions of knowledge are like the fog of the morning.
万物的神秘如暗夜般浑然天成,而学识的妄自尊大则似清晨的薄雾.
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Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
峭壁的高耸不可用来考验爱情.
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I sit at my window this morning where the world like a passer-by stops for a moment, nods to me and goes.
今早,我坐在窗边,世界如过客般短暂停留后便匆匆离开,留下了些许对我的赞扬.
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There little thoughts are the rustle of leaves; they have their whisper of joy in my mind.
这些零碎的思想如树叶婆娑作响,也如愉悦的呢喃萦绕脑海.
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What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.
你并不能真正看清自己,你所见的只是自身的影子.
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My wishes are fools, they shout across thy song, my master. Let me but listen.
主啊,我那些愚不可及的愿望竟喧吵地穿越了您的歌声,但也请让我姑且一听吧.
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I cannot choose the best. The best choose me.
我不知何为最佳,但最佳终将来临.
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They throw their shadows before them who carry their lantern on their back.
当人们将提灯置于身后,他们的阴影将向前投射.
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That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
我的存在便是一个永恒的惊喜,被称为生命.
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“We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent?”
“I am a mere flower.”
“我们这些沙沙作响的树叶也用声音来回应这风暴,但你为何如此安静?”
“我只是一朵微不足道的小花.”
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Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.
休息需附属于工作,正如眼皮之与眼睛.
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Man is a born child; his power is the power of growth.
人类如初生的孩童,成长便是其力量的源泉.
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God expects answers for the flowers he sends us, not for the sun and the earth.
上帝希望从他赐予我们的花朵中得到回答.而不是阳光和土地.
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The light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.
阳光像个赤裸的顽童,在绿叶之间酣畅地玩耍,对人类的流言一无所知.
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O beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.
请在爱情中找寻美,而不是在镜子的奉承之中.
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My heart beats her waves at the shore of the world and writes upon it her signature in tears with the words, “I love thee.”
在世上的某个湖畔,我的心因她而律动,我泪眼朦胧地写下她的名字,并附上一句“我爱你.”
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“Moon, for what do you want?”
“To salute the sun for whom I must make way.”
“月儿,是什么值得你如此等待?”
“去迎接那即将取代我的太阳.”
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The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.
那些向我窗口生长的树木,让我仿佛听到了大地那热情的声音.
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His own mornings are new surprises to God.
连上帝也认为每个清晨都是新的惊喜.
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Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.
因世事无常,我们收获生命的感悟,因爱情高深,我们了解生命的价值.
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The dry river-bed find no thanks for its past.
干涸的河床不对它的过往心存任何感激.
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The bird wishes it were a cloud.
The cloud wishes it were a bird.
鸟儿羡慕着云朵,
云朵也羡慕着鸟儿.
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The waterfall sings, “I find my song, when I find my freedom.”
瀑布唱着：“我的歌喉只吟唱我的自由.”
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I cannot tell why this heart languishes in silence. It is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.
我不知道这颗心为什么默默地承受着煎熬,也许是因为那它不愿提起,不曾了解和不想追溯的心愿.
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Woman, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing like a bill stream among its pebbles.
女人,当你为家事操劳,你的肢体如山涧石缝中流过的溪水般欢畅.
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The sun goes cross the western sea, leaving its last salutation to the East.
当太阳将跨跃西海时,却将他的谢意投向东方.
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Do not blame your food because you have no appetite.
就算你没有胃口,也不要抱怨食物.
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The trees, like the longings of the earth, stand a tiptoe to peep at the heaven.
这些树是土地热忱的延伸,他们踮起脚试图张望天堂.
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You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
为了你的笑靥如花、沉默不语,我已经等待良久.
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The fish in the water is silent; the animal on the earth is noisy; the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea; the noise of the earth, and the music of the air.
水中的鱼儿安静,陆地的走兽喧闹,天空的飞鸟歌唱,但人类同时拥有那份水中的沉默,陆地的吵嚷和天空的乐章.
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The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering heart making the music of sadness.
世界匆匆拨弄这缠绵的心弦,奏一曲忧伤.
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He has made his weapons his god, when his weapons win he is defeated himself.
他把武器当作信仰,靠武器胜利之时,他已经输掉自己.
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God finds himself by creating.
上帝通过创世找回了自己.
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Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
阴影戴着她的面纱,悄悄地跟在光明那充满爱意的轻步之后.
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The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
群星从不担心自己被当作萤火虫.
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I think thee that I am none of the wheels of power but I am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it.
我感谢上苍没有让我成为权利车轮上的一员,而是成为被其碾压的生灵之一.
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