LESSON 13 IF I WERE A SUNBEAM 如果我是阳光

1.“If I were a sunbeam,

I know what I’d do;

I would seek white lilies,

Roaming woodlands through.

I would steal among them,

Softest light I’d shed,

Until every lily

Raised its drooping head.”

2.“If I were a sunbeam,

I know where I’d go; Into lowly hovels,

Dark with want and woe: Till sad hearts looked upward,

I would shine and shine; Then they’d think of heaven,

Their sweet home and mine.”

3.Are you not a sunbeam,

Child, whose life is glad

With an inner brightness

Sunshine never had?

Oh, as God has blessed you,

Scatter light divine!

For there is no sunbeam

But must die or shine.

【中文阅读】

1.如果我是阳光，

我知道该做什么；

我会在林中漫步，

寻找白色百合。

我会偷偷藏身其中，

将柔和的光洒满它们身上，

直到朵朵百合，

长出花蕾开放。

2.如果我是阳光，

我知道该去哪里；

我会走进充满黑暗、贫穷、悲哀的小屋，

我会不停地发光发亮，

直到悲伤的心充满希望；

他们会想到天堂，

他们和我甜美的家。

3.幸福美满的孩子，

难道你不是阳光？

内心如果充满光明，

会没有阳光吗？

啊，正如上帝已经赐福给你，

你也去释放神圣之光吧！

如果没有阳光的地方，

要么死亡，要么去发光。