Monday 9 November 2015

在樓梯上我們做了條船 We built a ship upon the stairs

"A GOOD PLAY"
-- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs,
And filled it full of sofa pillows
To go a-sailing on the billows.

We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, "Let us also take
An apple and a slice of cake,"
Which was enough for Tom and me
To go a-sailing on, till tea,

We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays;
But Tom fell out and hurt his knee,
So there was no one left but me.

"好玩的遊戲"
作者:羅拔 路易斯 史蒂芬遜 (1850-1894)
譯者:羨魚

在樓梯上我們做了條船,
木料是後邊睡房的椅子;
船上堆滿沙發的軟墊,
以便乘風破浪,在大海航行。

我們拿了鋸子,一些鐵釘,
幼兒室裡的鋅桶和食水,
湯姆說:"再拿個蘋菓和一塊蛋糕吧!"
這些補給品足夠我們二人
遠航,直到下午茶時間。

日復一日地帆船排浪前衝,
我們玩耍得特別開心!
可是,湯姆失足跌倒,傷了膝蓋,
如此一來,船上祇餘我一人了。

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