54 英詩歌曲 : William Blake - The Chimney-Sweeper

Composer： Yang Lin Reciter: An English -class student 21 years ago. Sorry I fogot his name. If anyone recognizes his voice, please let us know.) Singer：Naomee Chen Recording time: : 2004/12/1 William Blake 1757 –1827 When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, 'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.' And so he was quiet, and that very night, As Tom was asleeping, he had such a sight!-- That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black. And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and set them all free; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run And wash in a river, and shine in the sun. Then naked and white, all their bags left behind, They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind; And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy, He'd have God for his father, and never want joy. And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags and our brushes to work. Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm: So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm. 掃煙囪的人： 威廉布萊克 我母親過世的時候我還很小， 我父親在我還沒開口說話的時候就把我賣了 幾乎哭不出“哭！哭！哭！哭！” 所以我清掃你的煙囪並在煙灰中入睡。 還有小湯姆·達克雷，當他的頭 像羊羔的背一樣的捲髮被剃光了，所以我說， 「噓，湯姆！別在意，當你光著頭的時候， 你知道，煙灰不會損壞你的白髮。 」 所以他很安靜，那天晚上， 當湯姆睡覺時，他看到了這樣的景象！ 數以千計的清潔工，迪克、喬、內德和傑克， 他們都被鎖在黑色的棺材裡嗎？ 一位拿著明亮鑰匙的天使走了過來， 他打開棺材，把他們都釋放了； 然後他們沿著綠色的平原奔跑，跳躍，歡笑， 在河裡洗澡，在陽光下曬太陽。 然後赤身裸體，穿著白色衣服，留下所有行李， 它們在雲端升起，在風中嬉戲。 天使告訴湯姆，如果他做個好孩子， 他有上帝作為他的父親，並且永遠不會缺少快樂。 湯姆就醒了；我們在黑暗中起床 然後帶著我們的包包和刷子去上工。 儘管早晨很冷，但湯姆卻感到快樂和溫暖； 所以，只要人人都盡責，就無須擔心受到傷害。