无心剑中译格斯特，《只是一个父亲》

无心剑

Only a Dad

只是一个父亲

Edgar Guest

埃德加·格斯特

Only a dad, with a tired face,

Coming home from the daily race,

Bringing little of gold or fame,

To show how well he has played the game,

But glad in his heart that his own rejoice

To see him come, and to hear his voice.

只是一个父亲，满脸疲惫

经过一天劳碌后回家

没带回什么财富或名声

来展示他工作干得多出色

但他心里乐是因为孩子们

高兴见他回来听他声音

Only a dad, with a brood of four,

One of ten million men or more.

Plodding along in the daily strife,

Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,

With never a whimper of pain or hate,

For the sake of those who at home await.

只是一个父亲，有四个孩子

只是那千万大众中的一员

在日常竞争中步履沉重

承受着生活的鞭打与嘲弄

却从不发痛苦或怨恨的牢骚

只为在家中等待的亲人

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,

Merely one of the surging crowd

Toiling, striving from day to day,

Facing whatever may come his way,

Silent, whenever the harsh condemn,

And bearing it all for the love of them.

只是一个父亲，不富也不傲

只是汹涌人潮中的一个

日复一日，辛勤劳作

面对任何可能的拦路虎

默默地忍受任何苛责

只为心中对于家人的爱

Only a dad, but he gives his all

To smooth the way for his children small,

Doing, with courage stern and grim,

The deeds that his father did for him.

This is the line that for him I pen,

Only a dad, but the best of men.

只是一个父亲，但倾其所有

为他幼小的孩子铺平道路

满怀坚定不屈的勇气，做着

他父亲曾为他做过的事情

这是我为他写下的一行诗句：

只是一个父亲，却是最好的男人

译于2016年10月14日