叶芝诗选（英汉对照）

林水云风

12

He Tells of the Perfect Beauty

O cloud-pale eyelids，dream-dimmed eyes，
The poets labouring all their days
To build a perfect beauty in rhyme
Are overthrown by a woman's gaze
And by the unlabouring brood of the skies:
And therefore my heart will bow，when dew
Is dropping sleep，until God burn time，
Before the unlabouring stars and you.

林水云风

12

一
国色天香

啊，白云般的眼帘，梦幻的眼，
诗人苦思冥想，不知几多年，
痴情描绘那国色天香，
然却被美人的一瞥击而魂癫，
就像夜仰浩空璀璨，遭神工鬼斧震骇，
从此以往，待雨露滴落梦田，
待你伴群星出现，我心甘情愿
俯首，任上帝烧毁时间。


二
国色天香

巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮，
我为歌狂，穷经皓首伴风霜，
如痴如醉，一池笔墨写天香，
可一日惊遇陌路妇，她一瞥摄我魂丧，
如夜仰浩宇璀璨，遭神工鬼斧震创，
从此绝笔兮，待雨露滴落梦乡，
待天后天将临幸，臣下伏惟尚飨，
任上苍主宰兮，燃尽时光。

叶如钢

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叶如钢 发表于 2015-11-23 13:54
欣赏好译！

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谢谢先生的推荐，这就登门拜访。

林水云风

13

The Fiddler of Dooney

When I play on my fiddle in Dooney，
Folk dance like a wave of the sea；
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet，
My brother in Mocharabuiee➀.

I passed my brother and cousin:
They read in their books of prayer；
I read in my book of songs
I bought at the Sligo fair.

When we come at the end of time
To Peter sitting in state➁，
He will smile on the three old spirits，
But call me first through the gate；

For the good are always the merry，
Save by an evil chance，
And the merry love the fiddle，
And the merry love to dance:

And when the folk there spy me，
They will all come up to me，
With “Here is the fiddler of Dooney!”
And dance like a wave of the sea.


➀pronouncede as if spelt ‘mockrabwee’.
➁据《圣经》记载，彼得系天使长，守在天堂大门口。

林水云风

13

杜纳的琴手

我在杜纳拉琴的时候，
乡亲就会跳起海浪般的舞；
我有两个兄弟是牧师，
一个在基尔瓦，一个在莫拉布。

我顺路拜访我的两个兄弟，
他俩都在念诵经文，
而我则在一旁看着
从斯来格市场上买来的歌本。

如果我们走完了一生，
来到使徒彼得的座前，
他会对我们三人的灵魂微笑，
会最先叫我进去到他身边；

因为好人总是快乐的，
除非遭受意外，碰上烦恼，
快乐的人喜欢琴声，
快乐的人喜欢舞蹈。

乡亲只要见到我，
就会呼啦一下把我围住，
就会欢呼“杜纳的琴手来了！”
就会跳起海浪般的舞。

林水云风

14

The Arrow

I thought of your beauty，and this arrow，
Made out of a wild thought，is in my marrow.
There’s no man may look upon her，no man，
As when newly grown to be a woman，
Tall and noble but with face and bosom
Delicate in colour as apple blossom.
This beauty’s kinder，yet for a reason
I could weep that the old is out of season.

林水云风

14

箭

一想到你，这样的美人，
一支狂欲的箭就会射穿我的心。
当你滟滟出落若芙蓉出水，
骇得有情郎啊无不垂目低身，
偷望你亭亭而华贵，容姣而姿盈，
肌肤白嫩，像落雪和飘云。
这天诞的尤物，却让我徒生了忧愁，
唯恐寒秋夺夏丽，芬芳碾为尘。

林水云风

15

Adam’s Curse➀

We sat together at one summer's end，
That beautiful mild woman，your close friend，
And you and I，and talked of poetry.
I said，‘A line will take us hours maybe；
Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought，
Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.
Better go down upon your marrow-bones
And scrub a kitchen pavement，or break stones
Like an old pauper，in all kinds of weather；
For to articulate sweet sounds together
Is to work harder than all these, and yet
Be thought an idler by the noisy set
Of bankers，schoolmasters，and clergymen
The martyrs call the world.’

                 And thereupon
That beautiful mild woman for whose sake
There's many a one shall find out all heartache
On finding that her voice is sweet and low
Replied，‘To be born woman is to know—
Although they do not talk of it at school—
That we must labour to be beautiful.’
I said，‘It's certain there is no fine thing
Since Adam's fall but needs much labouring.
There have been lovers who thought love should be
So much compounded of high courtesy
That they would sigh and quote with learned looks
precedents out of beautiful old books；
Yet now it seems an idle trade enough.’

We sat grown quiet at the name of love；
We saw the last embers of daylight die，
And in the trembling blue-green of the sky
A moon, worn as if it had been a shell
Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell
About the stars and broke in days and years.
I had a thought for no one's but your ears:
That you were beautiful，and that I strove
To love you in the old high way of love；
That it had all seemed happy，and yet we'd grown
As weary-hearted as that hollow moon.



➀据《圣经•旧约•创世纪》记载，亚当被逐出伊甸园后，上帝罚他一生辛苦工作。诗中提到的两个女人，一指毛特•冈，另一指其姊凯瑟琳。

林水云风

15

亚当的恶运

那年夏末我们闲聚，
就我和你，还有你漂亮的闺密，
我们谈论着诗歌，
我说：“写好一行诗可得费时琢磨，
可要读起来不像是即兴之笔，
我们的反复推敲就毫无意义。
那还不如放下身段，
弯腰弓背去擦厨房的地板，
或者做苦力一年四季去采石；
可要将悦耳的声音吟成诗，
这真比干什么都艰难，
可是银行家、教师及牧师，
这些世人眼中的骄子，却嚷言，
写诗纯属游手好闲。”

话音未落，
你漂亮的闺蜜接着说，
她的声音那样甜美，那样柔和，
不知有多少人为她而情痴，
她说：“生为女人心皆知――
尽管在学校不学这个技艺――
可我们皆会把自己打扮的美丽。”
我说：“是的，自从亚当落到人间，
没有劳作，哪有什么良田。
过去的恋人认为爱情就应当
要高贵，仪态万方，
能弹琴赋诗，会行棋书画，
举手投足，尽显优雅；
而如今，这竟然像是矫揉造作。”

说到爱情，我们一下陷入沉默，
这时白日的余辉已经消去，
在暮色浓郁的天际，
一弯残月，像被涨落的时间潮水
洗磨的贝壳，与群星结对，
又已升起，年复一年，日复一日。
我有一个心愿只想对你启齿，
你妩媚迷人，我要竭力
以古老而高贵的方式爱你；
这看似是非常的美妙，可我们却
心神俱疲，就像那一弯残月。

林水云风

16

O Do Not Love Too Long

Sweetheart，do not love too long:
I loved long and long，
And grew to be out of fashion
Like an old song.

All through the years of our youth
Neither could have known
Their own thought from the other's，
We were so much at one.

But O，in a minute she changed—
O do not love too long，
Or you will grow out of fashion
Like an old song.

林水云风

16

莫要久陷爱河

亲爱的，不要总耳鬓厮磨，
我就是久陷爱河，
这居然竟变得单调乏味，
就像一首老歌。

我俩的整个青春年华，
爱得不分你我，
对周围的世界是非常的陌生，
众人皆是过客。

可是啊她瞬间变了心——
啊，莫要久陷爱河，
你会感到变得单调乏味，
就像一首老歌。

林水云风

17

A Woman Homer Sung

If any man drew near
When I was young，
I thought，‘He holds her dear，’
And shook with hate and fear.
But O!’twas bitter wrong
If he could pass her by
With an indifferent eye.

Whereon I wrote and wrought，
And now，being grey，
I dream that I have brought
To such a pitch my thought
That coming time can say，
‘He shadowed in a glass
What thing her body was.’

For she had fiery blood
When I was young，
And trod so sweetly proud
As’twere upon a cloud，
A woman Homer sung，
That life and letters seem
But an heroic dream.

林水云风

17

一个荷马讴歌的女人

我年轻的时候，
一遇有男人走过，
我就想：“他对女人有情，”
于是便极为紧张而神经。
可是啊！男人从女人身边走过，
连一眼都不瞅，
这又该多让人难受。

于是我开始我的写作工作，
如今，已是满头银色，
我梦想我已把我的思想
炼成了锋利的投枪，
未来可以这样说：
“男人把女人的丰姿艳容
镶在了一面镜子中。”

我年轻的时候，
有女人的激荡和火热，
常迈着挺直婀娜的步伐，
就宛若走入云霞，
一个女人，能受到荷马的讴歌，
她的生命与文字就显得
是一个英雄的梦泽。

林水云风

18

No Second Troy➀

Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery，or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways，
Or hurled the little streets against the great➁，
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire，
With beauty like a tightened bow，a kind
That is not natural in an age like this，
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why，what could she have done，being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?


➀据希腊神话记载，特洛伊王子帕里斯诱使斯巴达王后海伦私奔，引起十年战争，最终希腊人焚毁特洛伊城。林水云风注：诗人告诫毛特•冈不要再像海伦那样引发一场特洛伊战争。
➁毛特•冈鼓动爱尔兰人民起来争取民族独立。

林水云风

18

没有第二个特洛伊

为什么，为什么我要责备她，
难道就是因为她让我一生浪迹天涯，
难道就是因为她最近在教唆
那群凡俗愚鲁势举暴动以螳斧击隆车，
而不知匹夫之勇能否填满欲火？
是什么竟使她如此心静神安，
居然让她的高贵就这样轻易被点燃，
居然让她的美丽就像一张绷紧的弓，
自命不凡、孤独冷酷、厉色怒横，
而不知与时代违忤格格不能相容？
她能干成什么？她何以竟变美如妖？
难道还会有特洛伊等她焚烧？

林水云风

19

All Things Can Tempt Me

ALL things can tempt me from this craft of verse:
One time it was a woman’s face，or worse—
The seeming needs of my fool-driven land；
Now nothing but comes readier to the hand
Than this accustomed toil. When I was young，
I had not given a penny for a song
Did not the poet sing it with such airs
That one believed he had a sword upstairs；
Yet would be now，could I but have my wish，
Colder and dumber and deafer than a fish.

林水云风

19

谁易我心

曾经误为一个女色，甚者——
为我那刚愎自用的国度的蛊惑，
我竟被这些诱使放弃了写诗；
如今，我专心于我钟情的辛劳创作，
世间纷纭，都不能再易我心。
年少时，我倾囊买喜爱的诗歌，
每读到那些诗人的荡气回肠，
顿时便崇敬他们马革裹尸的气魄。
如今啊，只要我能纵情放浪，
我宁做一条鱼，忍受冰冷和寂寞➀。

林水云风

20

Brown Penny

I whispered，‘I am too young，'
And then，‘I am old enough’；
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
‘Go and love，go and love，young man，
If the lady be young and fair.'
Ah，penny，brown penny，brown penny，
I am looped in the loops of her hair.

Oh，love is the crooked thing，
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it，
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah，penny，brown penny，brown penny，
One cannot begin it too soon.

林水云风

20

铜便士

我悄悄说：“我还年轻呢，”
可是又想，“我也算长大成才。”
于是我抛起一枚便士，
占一下是否可以谈情说爱。
“去爱吧，去爱吧，小伙子，
只要姑娘年轻又漂亮。”
啊，便士，铜便士，铜便士，
我一下便坠入了情网。

啊，爱情真是难以捉摸的事情，
就是世上最聪明的人
对它也是五味杂陈，
他就是想到星星全都消遁，
想到月亮被天狗吃掉，
他也弄不出爱情的宝典。
啊，便士，铜便士，铜便士，
小伙子最好啊别早恋。