十二點鐘
泰戈爾
TWELVE O'CLOCK
MOTHER, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my book all the morning.
You say it is only twelve o'clock. Suppose it isn't any later; can't you ever think it is afternoon when it is only twelve o'clock?
I can easily imagine now that the sun has reached the edge of that rice-field, and the old fisher-woman is gathering herbs for her supper by the side of the pond.
I can just shut my eyes and think that the shadows are growing darker under the madar tree, and the water in the pond looks shiny black.
If twelve o'clock can come in the night, why can't the night come when it is twelve o'clock?
作者泰戈爾：拉賓德拉納特-泰戈爾（1861年-1941年），印度詩人、文學家、社會活動家、哲學家和印度民族主義者。1861年5月7日，拉賓德拉納特泰戈爾出生于印度加爾各答一個富有的貴族家庭，13歲即能創(chuàng)作長詩和頌歌體詩集……
泰戈爾作詩《十二點鐘》，認為小孩的天性是玩耍，學習應該在玩耍中進行，而不是關在房間里、伏在書桌上。因此詩中的小孩才希望十二點鐘是可以玩耍的下午、是可以睡覺的深夜。
作者、朗讀老師 潔白：中學英語高級教師，喜歡朗讀，中國互聯網朗誦聯盟會員。希望通過自己的聲音向世界傳播中國文化，講好中國故事。
