诗苑｜母亲之歌
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Mother’s Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother’s Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. Although many Mother’s Day celebrations world-wide have quite different origins and traditions, most have now been influenced by the more recent American tradition established by Anna Jarvis, who campaigned for the holiday. Organized by Jarvis, the first official Mother’s Day was celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which now holds the International Mother’s Day Shrine.
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The Song of the Old Mother
By William Butler Yeats
I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow
Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow;
And then I must scrub and bake and sweep
Till stars are beginning to blink and peep;
And the young lie long and dream in their bed
Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head,
And their day goes over in idleness,
And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress:
While I must work because I am old,
And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.
母亲之歌
文/叶芝
我在清晨起床，跪在火炉旁用力吹着炉膛
直到点点火星燃起，摇曳着红光。
然后，擦洗器具，烘烤食物，打扫庭院
直到群星满布，在天空眨眼窥探。
孩子们睡到很晚，沉迷梦乡
为美丽的人儿整理华装。
他们的日子在虚空中流淌，
只为那风吹散的长发留一声喟叹。
而我必须要劳作，因为我老了，
那燃烧的火种也渐渐微弱，冷却了。
（整理自网络）
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