08 The Chimney Sweeper
William Blake

08 掃煙囪的小男孩
威廉·布萊克

When my mother died I was very young,

我母親死的時(shí)候，我還小，

And my father sold me while yet my tongue，

我父親把我賣給了別人

Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!'

我當(dāng)時(shí)還不大喊得清“掃呀，掃呀，”

So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

就這樣白天掃你們的煙囪，晚上在煙灰里睡覺(jué)。

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,

有個(gè)小湯姆，頭發(fā)卷得像羊毛，

That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said,

剃光的時(shí)候，哭得好傷心，好難受，

'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare,

我就說(shuō)：“小湯姆，別哭，光了頭，

You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.'

煙灰就不會(huì)糟蹋你的頭發(fā)了?！?/p>

And so he was quiet, and that very night,

他平靜了下來(lái)，當(dāng)天夜里，

As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!

湯姆睡著了，夢(mèng)見(jiàn)了這樣的情景，

That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,

迪克、喬、南德，杰克等千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)個(gè)掃煙囪小孩

Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.

統(tǒng)統(tǒng)被鎖進(jìn)了黑棺材。

And by came an angel, who had a bright key,

后來(lái)來(lái)了個(gè)天使，拿了把金鑰匙，

And he opened the coffins, and set them all free;

他打開(kāi)棺材放出了孩子們（真是好天使?。?/p>

Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run

他們又跳又笑地來(lái)到了草地上，

And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

洗浴于河水，晾曬于陽(yáng)光。

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,

把工具袋丟下，赤條條的，白白的，

They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind,

他們升到云端，在風(fēng)中嬉戲；

And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,

“只要你做個(gè)好孩子，”天使對(duì)湯姆說(shuō)，

He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.

“上帝會(huì)做你的父親，永不缺少歡喜。”

And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark,

湯姆于是夢(mèng)醒，我們?cè)诤诎抵衅鸫玻?/p>

And got with our bags and our brushes to work.

拿起工具袋和刷子去干活。

Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;

晨風(fēng)雖冷，湯姆自感心歡溫暖；

So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

如果所有人都恪盡職守，就不怕災(zāi)難。