圣诞节英语诗歌：We Won't Have a Christmas This Year（双语）

也许去年某个人还和你一起过圣诞节，那是你们的圣诞节；而今年，伊人已逝，再不是你们的圣诞节，而只是你的圣诞节了。仅以此诗歌，献给那些我们爱的，已经无法再和我们一起过节日的人们。作者verna s teeuwissen已于2004年去世，享年93岁。
we won't have a christmas this year 中英对照：
we won't have a christmas this year, you say
你说，今年我们不过圣诞节了
for now the children have all gone away;
因为孩子都全部离开了
and the house is so lonely, so quiet and so bare
家中很空，很静，很孤单
we couldn't have a christmas that they didn't share.
有他们一起分享，我们才算是真正的过圣诞节

we won't have a christmas this year, you sigh,
你叹息到，我们今年不过圣诞节了
for christmas means things that money must buy.
因为圣诞节已经变成了事物，必须用钱买的事物
misfortunes and illness have robbed us we fear
我们担心，不幸和疾病降临
of the things that we'd need to make christmas this year.
把我们需要用来过圣诞节的东西都抢走了
we won't have a christmas this year you weep,
你哭泣道，我们今年不过圣诞节了
for a loved one is gone, and our grief is too deep;
因为所爱之人已逝，让我们万分悲痛
it will be a long time before our hearts heal,
我们的心需要很长的时间来愈合
and the spirit of christmas again we can feel.
愈合后才能再次感受圣诞节的喜悦。
but if you lose christmas when troubles befall,
但如果麻烦降临使你再也感受不到圣诞的喜悦
you never have really had christmas at all.
你就没有真正的过圣诞节
for once you have had it, it cannot depart
只要你曾经拥有过，它就不会失去
when you learn that true christmas is christ in your heart.
如果你体会到圣诞节的真正含义是--耶稣基督在你心中。