The Mother
母親頌
The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word "Mother,"
人的嘴唇所能發出的最甜美的字眼,就是母親,
and the most beautiful call is the call of "My mother."
最美好的呼喊,就是媽媽這個聲音。
It is a word full of hope and love,
這是一個簡單而又意味深長的字眼,
a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart.
充滿了希望和愛意,充滿了來自內心深處所有甜蜜和親昵的感情。
The mother is everything,
在人生中,母親乃是一切。
she is our consolation in sorrow,our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness.
在悲傷時,她是慰藉;在沮喪時,她是希望;在軟弱時,她是力量;
She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.
她是同情,憐憫,慈愛,寬宏的源泉。
He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
誰要是失去了母親,誰就失去了他的頭所能依托的胸膛,失去了為他祝福的手,失去了保護他的眼睛。
Everything in nature bespeaks the mother.
自然界的一切,都象征并表露著母性。
The sun is the mother of earth and gives it its nourishment of heart;it never leaves the universe at night until it has put the earth to sleep to the song of the sea and the hymn of birds and brooks.
太陽,是大地的母親,她以熱量孕育了大地,用陽光擁抱大地。
And this earth is the mother of trees and flowers.
大地,是樹木花草的母親,
It produces them, nurses them, and weans them.
她生育并培養它們,直到它們長大,
The trees and flowers become kind mothers of their great fruits and seeds.
樹木花草又是香甜可口的果實和充滿活力的種子的慈母。
And the mother, the prototype of all existence,is the eternal spirit, full of beauty and love.
而宇宙萬物的母親,則是充滿美和愛的永恒不滅的精神。