梦歌

梦歌

       阳光、月光、

       暮光，星光——

白天结束黄昏时，

       一枭唱，

       凉露降

橡木山楂树林里。

 

       灯笼光，蜡烛光，

       炬光，无光：

夜晚来临的黑暗，

       狮子猛吼，

       倾泻愤怒

荒野之地多遥远。

 

       鬼灯，蝠灯，

       火把灯和蟾灯，

大海闪烁着灰色的光芒，

       有小脸带笑容

       在梦的诱惑中

在遥远的奇妙世界上。

 

Dream?song

     Sunlight, moonlight,

     Twilight, starlight --

Gloaming at the close of day,

     And an owl calling,

     Cool dews falling

In a wood of oak and may.

 

     Lantern-light, taper-light,

     Torchlight, no-light:

Darkness at the shut of day,

     And lions roaring,

     Their wrath pouring

In wild waste places far away.

 

     Elf-light, bat-light,

     Touchwood-light and toad-light,

And the sea a shimmering gloom of grey,

     And a small face smiling

     In a dream's beguiling

In a world of wonders far away.

by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Dream-song", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 8. Songs, no. 5, first published 1913