My Grandfather’s clock 我爷爷的钟

“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。”清明节是我国最重要的祭祀节日，在这一天我们寻根问祖、缅怀先人。清明节到来之际，让我们一起聆听《我爷爷的钟》这首歌，它围绕爷爷心爱的时钟，讲述了老人一生的故事，寄托着对故去之人的无尽思念。你的家里是否也有一两件意义非凡的“老物件”？它们让你想起了谁？

小挑战：欣赏歌曲，并参考歌词大意，将歌词补充完整。

My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf

So it stood ninety years on the floor

It was taller by half than the old man

But it weighed not a penny-weight

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born

It was always his treasure and pride

But it stopped， short， never to go again

When the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering

Ticktock ticktock

His life seconds

Ticktock ticktock

It stopped， short， never to go again

When the old man died

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro

Many hours had he spent as a boy

And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know

And share both his grief and his

And it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door

With a blooming and beautiful bride

But it stopped， short， never to go again

When the old man died

It rang an alarm in the dead of the night

An alarm that for years had been dumb

And we knew that his spirit was pluming his flight

That his hour of departure had come

Still the clock kept the time， with a soft and muffled chime

As we silently stood by his side

But it stopped， short， never to go again

When the old man died

歌词大意

我爷爷的钟很大，架子上根本放不下，

所以它在地板上矗立了九十年。

它比爷爷高出一半，

可比一便士还轻。

它是在爷爷出生的那天早上买的，

一直是他的宝贝和骄傲。

但它不久就停了下来，再也不走了，

当老人溘然长逝。

九十年不曾停摆，

滴答，滴答。

他的生命倒数，

滴答，滴答。

但它不久就停了下来，再也不走了，

当老人溘然长逝。

儿时的他曾花大量时间，

看钟摆来回晃动。

无论是童年还是成年，那钟似乎都了解，

也分享了他的悲伤和喜悦。

当他打开门，那钟敲响了二十四下，

因为他带来了一位美丽如花的新娘。

但它不久就停了下来，再也不走了，

当老人溘然长逝。

爷爷去世的那天晚上，钟敲响警报，

之前一直未曾响过。

我们知道他的灵魂将要飞翔，

他离去的时刻已经到来。

那钟还是在计时，伴随着轻柔而压抑的悲鸣，

当我们默默地站在他身旁。

但它不久就停了下来，再也不走了，

当老人溘然长逝。