《祖国啊，我亲爱的祖国》 舒婷
My Homeland, My Dear Homeland
Shu Ting
我是你河边上破旧的老水车，
数百年来纺着疲惫的歌；
我是你额上熏黑的矿灯，
照你在历史的隧洞里蜗行摸索；
我是干瘪的稻穗；是失修的路基；
是淤滩上的驳船
把纤绳深深
勒紧你的肩膊，
——祖国啊！
I am an old, broken-down water-wheel by your river bank,
Creaking [kri:kɪŋ] v.（门）嘎吱作响( creak的现在分词 ) out my weary songs for hundreds of years:
I am the smoke-blackened miner’s lamp on your forehead,
Lighting your way in the underground tunnel of history;
I am the blighted [b'laɪtɪd] adj.毁灭的;v.使凋萎( blight的过去式)rice sprout [spraʊt] n.幼芽，新梢, the ill-kept highway;
The barge [bɑrdʒ] n.驳船; 游艇grounded on the shoals [ʃəʊlz]n.浅滩( shoal的名词复数
Its towline [ˈtoʊlaɪn] n.拖绳，拖链cut more deeply into
The flesh of your shoulders.
O my homeland!
我是贫困，
我是悲哀，
我是你祖祖辈辈
痛苦的希望啊，
是“飞天”袖间
千百年未落到地面的花朵；
——祖国啊！
I am poverty.
I am sorrow.
I am your pained hope
Generation after generation
Flowers from the sleeves of flying apsaras飞天,
Not touching the earth for eons.
O my motherland!
我是你簇新的理想，
刚从神话的蛛网里挣脱；
我是你雪被下古莲的胚芽；
我是你挂着眼泪的笑涡；
我是新刷出的雪白的起跑线；
是绯红的黎明
正在喷薄；
——祖国啊！
I am your newest ideal
Lately freed from the web of myth;
I am your lotus seed germinating ['dʒɜmɪneɪtɪŋ] n.& adj.发芽（的）;v.（使）发芽( germinate的现在分词 ) beneath the snow quilt.
Your tear-stained [ˈtɪə steɪnd] adj.泪水沾湿的，有泪痕的dimples ['dɪmplz] n.酒窝，笑窝.
I am the freshly-painted starting line,
The crimson [ˈkrɪmzən] n.深红色;adj.深红色的 dawn
That’s bursting forth.
O my homeland!
我是你十亿分之一，
是你九百六十万平方的总和；
你以伤痕累累的乳房
喂养了
迷惘的我，深思的我，沸腾的我；
那就从我的血肉之躯上
去取得
你的富饶，你的荣光，你的自由；
——祖国啊，
我亲爱的祖国！
I am one of your ten-thousand millions,
The sum total of your nine-million-six-hundred-thousand square kilometers.
With your bosom buzəm] n.胸部，乳房 covered with wounds
You nourish [ˈnɜrɪʃ] vt.滋养，施肥于; 抚养，教养 me,
I who am bewildered [bɪˈwɪldɚ] vt. 使迷惑; 使为难; 使手足无措; 使变糊涂, thoughtful, and ready to erupt.
Now receive
From my flesh and blood
Your riches, your glory, and your liberty.
O my homeland,
My dear homeland.
（Julia C. Lin 译）
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