纸船泰戈尔

Paper boats

纸船

Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.

我每天把一个个纸船放在流动的溪中。

In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.

我在纸船上用大黑字写上我的名字和我住的村子。

I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.

我希望住在异地的人会收到这纸船，知道我是谁。

I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.

我把园中秀利花放在小船上，希望这些黎明开的花能在夜里平安到达岸上。

I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging snails.

我把纸船放了后，仰望天空，看见小朵的云正在整理它们的白帆。

I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!

我不知道天空上的哪位玩伴把他的船也放下来了和我的船比赛。

When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.

夜来了，我的脸埋在手里，梦见我的纸船在星光下缓缓地浮泛前进。

The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.

睡仙坐在船里，带着满载着梦的篮子。

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