第9站：《觉醒》詹姆斯·韦尔登·约翰逊

【诗歌译文】

《觉醒》—— 詹姆斯·韦尔登·约翰逊

我梦见自己是一枝玫瑰

生长在孤独的路旁，

路上罕无人迹，

我却在那里一天天守望。

享受阳光与雨露

我生长着，等待着

每时每刻凝练芳香，

把它储藏在心房。

却从不曾知晓，

我为谁等待，为何生长。

我梦见你是一只蜜蜂

有一天快乐地飞过我身旁，

你飞越树篱而来，

温柔而深情的歌儿荡漾。

你用吻轻拂我的花瓣，

我为你醒来，又惊又喜，

在极乐中向你奉上

我内心馥郁的宝藏。

那时我才明了

自己一直为你等待，生长。

【诗歌原文】

《The Awakening》—— James Weldon Johnson

I dreamed that I was a rose

That grew beside a lonely way,

Close by a path none ever chose,

And there I lingered day by day.

Beneath the sunshine and the show’r

I grew and waited there apart,

Gathering perfume hour by hour,

And storing it within my heart,

Yet, never knew,

Just why I waited there and grew.

I dreamed that you were a bee

That one day gaily flew along,

You came across the hedge to me,

And sang a soft, love-burdened song.

You brushed my petals with a kiss,

I woke to gladness with a start,

 And yielded up to you in bliss

The treasured fragrance of my heart

And then I knew

That I had waited there for you .