The First Jasmines
 《最初的茉莉》
                                ——泰戈尔

Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines!
啊,这些茉莉,这些洁白的茉莉!

I seem to remember the first day when I filled myhands with these jasmines, these white jasmines.
我依稀记得我的双手第一次捧满了这些茉莉花.这些洁白的茉莉花的时候.

I have loved the sunlight, the sky and the greenearth;
我曾爱那阳光,爱那天空还有那绿色的大地;

I have heard the liquid murmur of the river throughthe darkness of midnight;
我曾在漆黑的午夜聆听那河水淙淙的呢喃;

Autumn sunsets have come to me at the bend of a roadin the lonely waste,
秋日的夕阳,在荒原道路的转弯处迎接我,

like a bride raising her veil to accept herlover.
好像新娘掀起她的面纱迎接她的爱人.

Yet my memory is still sweet with the first whitejasmines that I held in my hand when I was a child.
然而,我回忆起孩提时第一次捧在手里的洁白茉莉,心理充满了甜蜜的回忆.

Many a glad day has come in my life,and I have laughedwith merrymakers on festival nights.
我生平有过许多快乐的日子,在节日盛典的夜晚,我曾经与狂欢者一同大笑.

On grey mornings of rain I have crooned many an idlesong.
在细雨霏霏的清晨,我吟唱过许多闲散的歌谣.

I have worn round my neck the evening wreath ofbakulas woven by the band of love.
我颈上也曾戴着爱人用手织就的"芭库拉丝"黄昏花环.

Yet my heart is sweet with the memory of the firstfresh jasmines that filled my hands when I was a child.
然而,我回忆起孩提是第一次捧着手里的洁白茉莉,心里充满了甜蜜的回忆.