The First Jasmines

Rabindranath Tagore

Ah,these jasmines,these white jasmines!

I seem to remember the first day when I filled my hands with these jasmines,these white jasmines.

I have loved the sunlight,the sky and the green earth;

I have heard the liquid murmur（低声说话）of the river through the darkness of midnight;

Autumn sunsets have come to me at the bend of a road in the lonely waste,like a bride raising her veil to accept her lover.

Yet my memory is still sweet with the first white jasmines that I held in my hands when I was a child.

Many a glad day has come in my life,and I have laughed with merrymakers on festival nights.

On grey mornings of rain I have crooned many an idle song.

I have worn round my neck the evening wreath of bakulas woven by the hand of love.

Yet my heart is sweet with the memories of the first fresh jasmines that filled my hands when I was a child.

啊，这些茉莉花，这些白色茉莉花！

我仿佛记得我第一次双手满捧着这些茉莉花，这些白色茉莉花的时候。

我喜爱那日光、那天空、那绿色的大地；

我听见那河水淙淙的流声，在黑漆的午夜里传过来；

秋天的夕阳，在荒原上大路转角处迎我，如新娘揭起她的面纱迎接她的爱人。

而我想起孩提时第一次捧在手里的白茉莉，心里充满着甜蜜的回忆。

我生平有过许多快活的日子，在节日宴会的晚上，我曾跟着说笑话的人大笑。

在灰暗的雨天的早晨，我吟唱过许多飘逸的诗篇。

我颈上戴过爱人手织的醉花的花圈，作为晚装。

而我想起孩提时第一次捧在手里的白茉莉，心里充满着甜蜜的回忆。

作者简介

拉宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔（1861年—1941年），印度诗人、文学家、社会活动家、哲学家和印度民族主义者。代表作有《吉檀迦利》《飞鸟集》《眼中沙》《四个人》《家庭与世界》《园丁集》《新月集》《最后的诗篇》《戈拉》《文明的危机》等。