聖誕節英語詩歌朗誦：The Minstrels吟遊詩人

----William Wordsworth

The minstrels played their Christmas tune

To-night beneath my cottage-eaves;

While, smitten by a lofty moon,

The encircling laurels, thick with leaves,

Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,

That overpowered their natural green.

吟遊詩人哼着他們的聖誕節曲調，

今夜，在我的田舍小屋下。

此時，高聳的月亮給予他們靈感。

層層的月桂樹，覆蓋着葉子，

映射着飽滿眩目的光澤，

早已經超越了他們原有的顏色。

Through hill and valley every breeze

Had sunk to rest with folded wings:

Keen was the air, but could not freeze,

Nor check, the music of the strings;

So stout and hardy were the band

That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.

穿過山谷的每一陣微風下沉收起翅膀：

風是那麼鋒利，但永不冷漠，

也不覈對，絃音聲聲：

一層層又如此的強烈剛強，

用熱烈的手摩擦着弦柱。

And who but listened?--till was paid

Respect to every inmate's claim,

The greeting given, the music played

In honour of each household name,

Duly pronounced with lusty call,

但是誰在聽?這個取決於同住的人的主張，

給個問候，做個音樂，爲每個家裏名字而自豪，

正式而顯著的強有力的呼叫，