老爸读诗-Theme in Yellow

Theme in Yellow

         by Carl Sandburg

I spot the hills

With yellow balls in autumn.

I light the prairie cornfields

Orange and tawny gold clusters

And I am called pumpkins.

On the last of October

When dusk is fallen

Children join hands

And circle round me

Singing ghost songs

And love to the harvest moon

I am a jack-o'-lantern

With terrible teeth

And the children know

I am fooling.

黄色的主题

     ——卡尔·桑德堡

我点缀着山丘

连同秋天的黄球

我照亮干原上的玉蜀地

柑橘和金黄色的团簇

人们称我是南瓜

在十月的最后一天

当夜幕降临

孩子们手拉着手

环绕着我

唱“鬼节”之歌

歌颂丰收的圆月

我是鬼节的灯笼

咧着历历的獠牙

然而孩子们明白

我是在闹着玩。