'Tis fine to see the Old World, and travel up and down
Among the famous palaces and cities of renown,
To admire the crumbly castles and the statues of the kings,-
But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things.
So, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
My heart is turning home again, there I long to be,
In the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
Oh, London is a man's town, there is power in the air,
And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it is great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living there is no place like home.
I like the German fir-woods, in green battalions drilled;
I like the gardens of Versailles with flashing fountains filled;
But, oh, to take your hand, my dear, and ramble for a day
In the friendly western woodland where Nature has her way!
I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack:
The past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free,-
We love our land for what she is and what she is to be.
Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunshine and the flag is full of stars.
最早接触这首诗是出门的那一周，在海滨餐馆吃饭时与家人一起探讨诗意，先生说“反正是诗句，每个人理解不同”。也许这就是诗的朦胧之美。。。一家人各抒己见有点儿文化沙龙的感觉。我把它译出来每天改一改，想到几个押韵的句子，雪儿建议我不如全诗压一个ian,an,uan的韵，算是她给我的小小挑战，就把词句在脑子里换来蹦去。也想到一些歌词，比如《一剪梅》中的“真情象草原广阔，层层风雨不能阻隔”用于“彼岸丰饶蒙福之地滔滔汪洋不能隔拦”。而“今日亦然直至永远”则想到“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end .” 的译文。我想范戴克先生写下“What she is and what she is to be ”的时候，可能也受到“Glory Be” 的启发。
The past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free,-
We love our land for what she is and what she is to be.
Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunshine and the flag is full of stars.
燕子你诗选的好，翻得好，照片遴选的也好。感动着诗传出那一份真诚的感受。精彩的帖子。也许我刚刚出行回来更有一份感受。谢谢你的分享。
回复御树林枫的评论:
谢谢林枫妹妹，我有一套≪飘≫的碟果然用火红夕阳做封面，好喜欢那部书和电影，陪了我们那么多年的记忆～～～我照相的那天有一百多度真是火烧云呀。
今天独立日火树银花，你家娃儿们放烟花玩吧，Happy 4th of July（＾Ｏ＾☆♪
御树林枫 发表评论于
燕子姐姐家门口拍的晚霞可以和《飘》中的经典画面有一拼~~
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回复九月独处的评论:
谢谢亲爱的九月，你的故事让我想起四年前北京奥运会放咱们国歌时，俺也把手放胸口，大半夜大宝和我一起看开幕式，小伙子听中国国歌也跟我一起致敬。We are lucky to have the best of both worlds. 心有多大，爱就有多多～～～Have a wonderful 4th of July （＾Ｏ＾☆♪
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好美的诗词，好棒的翻译！
记得儿子小的时候有一次我们一起看World Olympics，当中国队和美国队出场时儿子童声童气地问我"Mama,which team you will support, China or America?"，我当时一下楞住了，不知怎样回答，中国是我生我长的祖国，美国是我青春时选择成家立业的祖国，我更support哪一个呢，我更爱哪一个呢？只能说：I want the best for both of them，I love both of them，though，maybe in a different way。。。
Nice poem. Positively sentimental.
In return, I'd like to share a passage from Emerson's Self-Reliance.
``It is for want of self-culture that the superstition of Travelling, whose idols are Italy, England, Egypt, retains its fascination for all educated Americans. They who made England, Italy, or Greece venerable in the imagination did so by sticking fast where they were, like an axis of the earth. In manly hours, we feel that duty is our place. The soul is no traveller; the wise man stays at home, and when his necessities, his duties, on any occasion call him from his house, or into foreign lands, he is at home still, and shall make men sensible by the expression of his countenance, that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue, and visits cities and men like a sovereign, and not like an interloper or a valet. ''
