英文诗歌：Old Black Joe

　　ld Black Joe

　　(1)

　　Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay;那些心头年轻、无忧无虑的日子已离我远去

　　Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away;我的伙伴也离开了棉花田

　　Gone from the earth to a better land I know，离开这里到一个更好的地方，我知道

　　I hear their gentle voices calling， "Old Black Joe!" 我听见他们柔声呼唤

　　(Refrain：) I'm coming， I'm coming， for my head is bending low;?老黑乔!?(反复)

　　I hear their gentle voices calling，我来了，我来了，因为我的头渐渐低垂;

　　"Old Black Joe!" 我听见他们柔声呼唤?老黑乔!?

　　(2)

　　Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain? 我为何哭泣，我心并不悲伤?

　　Why do I sigh that my friends come not again? 我为何要叹息伙伴不复来?

　　Grieving for forms now departed long ago，只为怀念早已逝去的人，

　　I hear their gentle voices calling，我听见他们柔声呼唤

　　"Old Black Joe!"?老黑乔!?

　　(3)

　　Where are thee hearts once so happy and so free? 昔日快乐无羁的人们，如今安在?

　　The children so dear that I held upon my knee? 还有，我抱在膝上可爱的小家伙?

　　Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go，他们都已到了我灵魂所渴望去的海岸，

　　I hear their gentle voices calling，我听见他们柔声呼唤

　　"Old Black Joe!"?老黑乔!?

　　by Stephen C. Foster， 1826-1864