Northern Star

Kelly Graham

Northern Star,Northern Star,

I gaze up at you from afar.

Shining brightly in the curtain of night,

Northern Star,you are my light.

北極星，北極星，

遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地我把你凝望。

在夜幕下璀璨地閃爍，

北極星，你是我的光。

Your beams of light fall on my face.

I wish to remain in this beautiful place.

Silenced by your beauty,

Northern Star,you flow through me.

你的光芒灑在我的臉上，

我多希望停泊在這個(gè)美麗的地方。

被你的素麗所靜默，

北極星，你滑過我的身旁。

You place me where I should be.

I'm grateful you made me feel free.

You've always been the rock in my wall.

Northern Star,don't ever let me fall.

將我置身該去的地方，

多么感激你讓我感到解放。

你永遠(yuǎn)是我墻上的巨石，

北極星，請(qǐng)別讓我隕亡。

Northern Star,you are so bright.

I look up at you every night.

You've always helped me deal with strife.

Northern Star,you are my life.

北極星，你是多么明亮，

每晚我都會(huì)把你仰望。

你永遠(yuǎn)助我掙脫羈絆，

北極星，你是我的命相。

贊美老師的詩歌舉不勝舉，在這些詩歌中人們常用不同的意象來象征老師的形象。本首小詩另辟蹊徑，用北極星這一人們常見的事物來象征老師，象征老師給學(xué)生帶來的光明。詩歌樸實(shí)無華、通俗易懂、感情真摯。詩歌共分成四節(jié)，各節(jié)均采用AABB式的押韻方式，讀起來朗朗上口。詩歌將老師比喻成“rock in my wall”，并在詩歌的結(jié)尾句“Northern Star,you are my life”使用了暗喻的修辭，既強(qiáng)化了主題，又使得情感的表達(dá)更加熱情。全詩交替使用第一人稱和第二人稱，讓讀者感覺到似乎作者正在與自己的老師進(jìn)行著親切的對(duì)話，這使得作者對(duì)老師的謳歌更加熱情而飽滿。