【正确答案】正确答案： The old mother must work hard from the dawn to the midnight. She must get up early in the dawn. She has to start the stove, scrub the kitchen, bake the bread and sweep the yard. The young keep idle everyday. They lie long and dream in their bed, and their days go over in idleness, and they sigh for mere nothingness. The last line means the mother is old, and the fire of her life is getting feeble and cold now. In the poem, the fire the Old Mother lights in the morning is meant to represent the Old Mother herself, waking up when the fire is blown, and resting when the fire grows both "cold" and "feeble". The poem explains the difficult chores and struggles of an aged, unfortunate woman and her bitter resentment to the younger females, whose worries of fondness and personal appearance pail to insignificance when compared to the toils of the woman.

【答案解析】解析：(参考译文：母亲之歌／我在清晨起床，跪在火炉旁用力吹着炉膛／直到点点火星燃起，摇曳着红光。／然后，擦洗器具，烘烤食物，打扫庭院／直到群星满布，在天空眨眼窥探。／孩子们睡到很晚，沉迷梦乡／为美丽的人儿整理华装。／他们的日子在虚空中流淌，／只为那风吹散的长发留一声喟叹。／而我必须要劳作，因为我老了，／那燃烧的火种也渐渐微弱，冷却了。)