译爱尔兰诗人叶芝«库尔湖上的野天鹅»一诗

译爱尔兰诗人叶芝«库尔湖上的野天鹅»一诗





The Wild Swans at Coole

 BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS


 The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
 Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
 Are nine-and-fifty swans.

库尔湖上的野天鹅

 秋天树林景色优美，
 林中小道十分干爽，
 十月暮霭里，湖水
 倒映出一片宁静的天空;
 在漫溢过乱石堆间的湖面上，
有 五十九只靓丽天鹅

 The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
 Since I first made my count;
 I saw, before I had well finished,
 All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.

 从我开始计数以来
如今已是十九个秋转瞬即过;
我还来不及数完，就看见，
 突然间她们全都飞向空中散开
 围成一个破碎的大圆圈盘旋
大声拍打翅膀。

 I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
 And now my heart is sore.
All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
 Trod with a lighter tread.

 我望着这些优美的生灵，
突然我的心感觉一阵酸痛。
 一切都变了，自从我在湖边暮色中
第一次听到，
 头顶上如银铃般拍翅声，
我脚步轻快地而行。

 Unwearied still, lover by lover,
 They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
 Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
 Attend upon them still.

 情侣双双相伴，不知疲倦，
 寒冷水中双蹼划行
齐翱翔或展翅飞向天空;
她们的心尚未老去;
无论去那里漂泊，她们，
 仍然有着追求或者激情。

 But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
 Among what rushes will they build,
 By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?

 此时她们漂浮在平静水面上，
 神秘而美丽绝伦;
她们将在何处的芦苇丛中筑巢，
 那一个湖边或在那一处池塘边
 使人们眼前一亮，赏心悦目
可有一天我醒来一瞧
而发现她们已经飞走了？


 威廉•巴特勒•叶芝（William Butler Yeats，1865--1939）是19及20世纪爱尔兰最受欢迎的诗人。曽于1923年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。叶芝有长期在爱尔兰和英国学习和生活经历，其诗作善长描写大自然景色和乡村生活，意象鲜明，具有象征性和哲理性，他的诗还具有神秘主义倾向。这一诗共五节。按照6/6/6/6/6形式排列。