William Blake - The Chimney-Sweeper 汉译

Crying ‘’weep!’weep!’ in notes of woe!

‘Where are thy father and mother, say?’—

‘They are both gone up to the Church to pray.

‘Because I was happy upon the heath,

And smil’d among the winter’s snow,

They clothed me in the clothes of death,

And taught me to sing the notes of woe.

‘And because I am happy and dance and sing,

They think they have done me no injury,

And are gone to praise God and His Priest and King,

Who make up a Heaven of our misery.’

扫烟囱孩子

威廉·布莱克

风雪里一个满身乌黑的小东西

“号呀，号”的在那里哭哭啼啼！

“你的爹娘上哪儿去了，你讲讲？”

“他们呀都去祷告了，上了教堂。

“因为我原先在野地里欢欢喜喜，

我在冬天地雪地里也总是笑嘻嘻，

他们就把我拿晦气的黑衣裳一罩，

他们还教我唱起了悲伤的曲调。

“因为我显得快活，还唱歌，还跳舞，

他们就以为并没有把我害苦，

就跑去赞美了上帝、教士和国王，

夸他们拿我们苦难造成了天堂。”