闪耀的小星星

鲍海飞 2011-10-25

The Star,这首小诗有两百多年的历史，多少年来一直在传唱着，也不知道有多少个翻译版本。早就想过把它翻译出来，近些日子终于有时间把它翻译了出来。

The Star   Jane Taylor

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,  Like a diamond in the sky.

一闪一闪小星星，为何你在眨眼睛；

高高悬挂在天上，多像宝石亮晶晶。

When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
眩目阳光已不见，天空早已黑又暗；

你就点燃小光亮，一闪一闪整夜晚。

Then the traveller in the dark,  Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,   If you did not twinkle so.
行者夜色孤独行，你又闪亮寸光阴；

夜幕苍茫何处去，只有你来把路引。

In the dark blue sky you keep,  And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,   Till the sun is in the sky.
整晚太空慢慢游，窗帘之后偶露头；

因你从不闭眼睛，直到太阳现身形。

As your bright and tiny spark,  Lights the traveller in the dark.
Though I know not what you are,  Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
闪烁明亮小火花，照亮行者闯天涯；

虽然不知你何名，一闪一闪小星星。

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The lyrics are from an early nineteenth-century English poem, "The Star" by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. It is sung to the tune of the French melody Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman (oldest known publication 1761).[1] The English lyrics have five stanzas, although only the first is widely known. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7666.