’Twas The Night Before Christmas-Perry Como

'Twas the night before christmas,

这是圣诞前夜

When all through the house,

屋里静悄悄

Not a creature was stirring,

大家都已熟睡

Not even a mouse!

老鼠也不再喧闹

The stockings all hung

把长筒袜

By the chimney with care,

细心挂在烟囱旁

In hopes that st. nicholas

盼望着圣尼古拉斯

Soon would be there!

能很快出现

The children were nestled

孩子们安心舒适的

All safe in their beds,

在他们的床上安睡

While visions of sugarplums

香甜的梦中

Danced in their heads!

糖果和玩具翩翩起舞

And mom in her kerchief

妈妈裹起头巾

And I in my cap,

我戴着我的帽子

Had just settled down

在这漫长的冬日夜晚

For a long winters nap!

一切恢复安静 悄然无声

When out on the lawn

屋外草地上

There arose such a clatter,

传来一阵喧闹的谈笑声

I sprang from my bed

我从床上跳起

To see what was the matter!

想看看是怎么回事

Away to the window

走到窗前

I flew like a flash,

像一道闪电般

Tore open the shutters

飞奔向窗口

And threw up the sash!

推开窗扇

The moon on the breast

温柔的月光倾泻

Of the new fallen snow,

照在雪白的大地上

Gave the lustre of midday

窗外的万物

To object below!

都如同白昼般的清晰明亮

When what to my wandering eyes

当我搜寻的目光

Should appear,

只被一样东西吸引

But a miniature sleigh

那是八头驯鹿

And eight tiny reindeer!

拉着的小雪橇

With a little ol driver

灵活迅敏的小老头

So lively and quick,

坐在雪橇上

I knew in a moment

那一刻 我知道

It must be st. nick!

那一定是圣诞老人

More rapid than eagles

他的座驾

His courses they came,

可比老鹰还要迅捷

As he whistled and shouted

他吹着口哨

And called them by name

大声呼喊它们的名字

Now dasher,

冲吧

Now dancer,

跳舞者

Now prancer,

欢跃者

Now vixen,

凶婆娘

On comet,

用力

On cupid,

欢闹者

On doner

大人物

An blitzen!

彗星

To the top of the porch,

飞过墙头

To the top of the wall,

飞到门廊上

Now dash-away, dash-away,

转弯 转弯

Dash-away all!

不要摇晃

As dry leaves

如同枯叶遇到狂风

Before the wild hurricane fly,

它们快速飞旋

When they meet with an obstacle

无论什么障碍

Mount to the sky.

都挡不住雪橇向天空爬升

So, up to the housetop

驯鹿们就这样

The courses they flew,

就这样飞上了屋顶

With a sleigh full of toys

雪橇里满载玩具

And st. nicholas too!

和可爱的圣诞老爷爷

And then in a twinkling

就在这时

I heard on the roof,

我听到屋顶传来阵阵铃声

The prancing and pawing

那是驯鹿的蹄子

Of each little hoof!

轻轻敲击我的天窗

As I drew in my head

当我回过头

And was turning around,

转过身来

Down the chimney st. nicholas

圣诞老人背着一个大包袱

Came with a bound!

正从烟囱跳下

He was dressed all in fur

他从头到脚

From his head to his foot,

穿着毛皮制成的衣裤

And his clothes were all tarnished

烟灰弄脏了

With ashes and soot!

他的帽子 皮靴和外套

A bundle of toys

他背上

He had flung on his back,

正背着一包玩具

And he looked like a peddler

他像是个小贩

Just opening his pack!

正打开着他的背包

His eyes how they twinkled,

他的眼睛灵动闪烁

His dimples how merry,

他的酒窝绽放笑容

His cheeks were like roses,

他的面颊像是玫瑰般红润

His nose like a cherry!

他的鼻子像是樱桃般

His drawl little mouth

他的小嘴慢条斯理的说着

Was drawn up like a bow,

笑意满满

And the beard of his chin

他的下巴

Was a white as the snow!

拖着雪白的胡子

The stump of his pipe

他的嘴里

He held tight in his teeth,

紧叼着烟斗

And the smoke it encircled his head

吐出的烟雾萦绕在头顶上

Like a wreath!

像一个花环

He had a broad face

他有胖胖的圆脸

And a round little belly,

和圆鼓鼓的肚子

That shook when he laughed

每当大笑时

Like a bowl full of jelly!

都会像果冻般微微颤抖

He was chubby and plump,

他圆润胖胖的

A right jolly old elf,

像个快乐和蔼的精灵

I laughed when I saw him

看到他时我忍不住发笑

In spite of myself!

情不自禁的为他的外形发出笑声

A wink of his eye

但他只是冲我眨眨眼

And a twist of his head,

点点头

Soon gave me to know

我很快意识到

I had nothing to dread!

什么也不用怕

He spoke not a word

他一句话也没说

But went straight to his work,

默默地就去干活

And filled all the stockings,

装满了每条袜子

Then turned with a jerk!

迅速转身离去

An laying a finger

他举起手指

Along side his nose,

将它贴在鼻子旁边

An giving a nod,

向我点头致意后

Up the chimney he rose!

从烟囱中飞起

He sprang to his sleigh,

他跳上雪橇

To his team gave a whistle,

向驯鹿们吹声口哨

An away they all flew

像是蓟花的冠毛一样

Like the down of a thistle.

安静的飞走

But I heard him exclaim

在他消失之前

As he drove out of sight,

我听到他的祝愿

Happy christmas to all,

祝你们圣诞快乐

And to all a goodnight!

大家晚安

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