新月集 作者:泰戈尔
The Crescent Moon By Rabindranath Tagore 英文 中文 双语对照 双语交替 首页 目录 上一章 下一章 | |
21.THE FURTHER BANK
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I LONG to go over there to the further bank of the river,
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Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line;
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Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with ploughs on their shoulders to till their far-away fields;
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Where the cowherds make their lowing cattle swim across to the riverside pasture;
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Whence they all come back home in the evening, leaving the jackals to howl in the island overgrown with weeds,
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Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferry when I am grown up.
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They say there are strange pools hidden behind that high bank,
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Where flocks of wild ducks come when the rains are over, and thick reeds grow round the margins where waterbirds lay their eggs;
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Where snipes with their dancing tails stamp their tiny footprints upon the clean soft mud;
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Where in the evening the tall grasses crested with white flowers invite the moonbeam to float upon their waves.
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Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up.
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I shall cross and cross back from bank to bank, and all the boys and girls of the village will wonder at me while they are bathing.
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When the sun climbs the mid sky and morning wears on to noon, I shall come running to you, saying, "Mother, I am hungry!"
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When the day is done and the shadows cower under the trees, I shall come back in the dusk.
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I shall never go away from you into the town to work like father.
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Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up.
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