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THE PUMPKIN John Greenleaf Whittier
南瓜 約翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃
Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
啊！在感恩節那天，無論是從東方還是西方，
From North and from South come the pilgrim and guest,
朝圣者和客人從南到北，
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
當白發蒼蒼的新英格蘭人四下觀望，
The old broken links of affection restored,
破碎的舊感情紐帶恢復了，
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
當這個憂心忡忡的人再次尋找他的母親時，
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before,
疲憊的婦女在女孩之前微笑的地方微笑，
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,
什么滋潤嘴唇，什么讓眼睛明亮，
What calls back the past like the rich Pumpkin pie?
什么東西能像南瓜餡餅一樣讓人回憶起過去？
Oh—fruit loved of boyhood! —the old days recalling,
哦，小時候最愛的水果！-往日回憶，
When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling!
當木葡萄變紫，棕色的堅果掉下來的時候！
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
當我們在它的皮膚上刻下狂野，丑陋的面孔時，
Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!
內心有一支蠟燭在黑暗中閃耀！
When we laughed round the corn-heap, with hearts all in tune,
當我們圍著玉米堆笑的時候，心都在一起，
Our chair a broad pumpkin—our lantern the moon,
我們的椅子是一個大南瓜，南瓜燈就是月亮。
Telling tales of the fairy who traveled like steam,
講述那個像蒸汽一樣旅行的仙女的故事，
In a pumpkin-shell coach, with two rats for her team!
在南瓜殼馬車里有兩只老鼠！
