A Child's Dream of a Star

A Child's Dream of a Star
孩子夢中的星星
There was once a child ,
and he strolled about a good deal ,
and thought of a number of things.
從前有個小孩,總是東走西逛,
想到許許多多的東西.


He had a sister ,
who was a child too ,
and his constant companion.
他有個妹妹,
也是個小孩,
成了他形影不離的小伙伴.

These two used to wonder all day long.
這兩個孩子成天到晚對一切都感到驚奇.
They wondered at the beauty of the flowers;
 they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky;
 they wondered at the depth of the bright water;
 they wondered at the goodness and the power of God
 who made the lovely world.
他們對美麗的鮮花感到驚奇;
他們對高高蔚藍的天空感到驚奇;
他們對深深的清澈海水感到驚奇;
上帝創造出了美好的世界,他們對上帝的善良和威力也感到驚奇.

They used to say to one another , sometimes ,
supposing all the children upon earth were to die,
would the flowers , and the water, and the sky be sorry ?
They believed they would be sorry.
他們總是彼此海闊天空地聊, 有時
假想 天下所有的兒童都死去的話 ,
鮮花、大海和天空會不會因此而難過呢?
他們相信會難過的.


For , they said ,
他們說, 因為
the buds
are the children of the flowers,
蓓蕾是鮮花的產兒,
and
和
the little playful streams that gambol down the hillsides
are the children of the water ;
沿著山腰喧騰的頑皮小溪是大海的產兒;
and
並且
the smallest bright specks playing at hide-and-seek in the sky all night,
must surely be the children of the stars;
天空中整夜底玩著捉迷藏遊戲的明亮小不點兒,肯定就是星星的產兒;
and
而
they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men,
no more.
要是再也看不到一起玩耍的小伙伴、大人的孩子們,
天地萬物都會傷心難過的.



作者:
----Charles Dickens
查爾斯.狄更斯
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens (English)

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%84%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%AF 
(Chinese)