LESSON 2

THE BLUEBELL

风铃草

1. There is a story I have heard—

A poet learned it of a bird,

And kept its music every word—

2. A story of a dim ravine,

O’er which the towering tree tops lean,

With one blue rift of sky between;

3. And there, two thousand years ago,

A little flower as white as snow

Swayed in the silence to and fro.

4. Day after day, with longing eye,

The floweret watched the narrow sky,

And fleecy clouds that floated by

5. And through the darkness, night by night,

One gleaming star would climb the height ,

And cheer the lonely floweret’s sight

6. Thus, watching the blue heavens afar,

And the rising of its favorite star,

A slow change came—but not to mar; 7. For softly o’er its petals white

There crept a blueness, like the light

Of skies upon a summer night;

8. And in its chalice , I am told,

The bonny bell was formed to hold

A tiny star that gleamed like gold.

9. Now, little people, sweet and true,

I find a lesson here for you

Writ in the floweret’s hell of blue:

10.The patient child whose watchful eye

Strives after all things pure and high,

Shall take their image by and by.

【中文阅读】

1．我听说，一只鸟的故事，

传说久远，诗人辗转获悉，

他记下，鸟儿啁啾的过去；

2．有座峡谷，幽深阴暗，

一株树，高高的树梢弯曲，

天空，挤出一丝蓝色缝隙；

3．两千多年前，那处峡谷，

开着朵小花，洁白妩媚，

踏着内心脚步，曼妙起舞；

4．年复一年，摇曳着企盼，

晶亮眼瞳，凝视狭仄天空，

轻柔的云，悠然飘过头顶；

5．流水的日子，黑暗无边，

有颗星星，从蓝色缝隙闪入，

鼓掌欢呼，遗世独立的坚守；

6．于是，遥远天穹，

升起一颗，笑脸星辰，

哪怕改变微小，不会太糟；

7．花瓣上方，悄然升起

一抹亮丽，幽蓝夜空里，

尽情伸展，夏季的深邃致意；

8．小花，那捧白色圣杯，

一柄漂亮的花蕊，从容举起，

金色铃铛，星光四溢的魅力；

9．可爱的孩子，关于真诚课程，

一场动容相逢，竟是风铃草

地狱里，写下的秘密；

10．学会坚忍，学会敏锐观察，

仰望那些，纯洁高贵的魂灵，

耳濡目染，获取精神动力。 dWOVz41aqAMEA+89Rr/X8bLfOFWB5qOKT5x/CswP69fs3I2+jiIemyvf3AWhtZCm