英汉对照: 拜伦诗歌

[西山一思]

By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept 在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣

By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept

1
We sat down and wept by the waters
Of Babel, and thought of the day
When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters,
Made Salem's high places his prey;
And ye, oh her desolate daughters!
Were scattered all weeping away.

2
While sadly we gazed on the river
Which rolled on in freedom below,
They demanded the song; but, oh never
That triumph the stranger shall know!
May this right hand be withered for ever,
Ere it string our high harp for the foe!

3
On the willow that harp is suspended,
Oh Salem! its sound should be free;
And the hour when thy glories were ended
But left me that token of thee:
And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended
With the voice of the spoiler by me!

在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣

　　　　　　　　一

在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来
　　悲痛地哭泣，我们想到那一天
我们的敌人如何在屠杀叫喊中，
　　焚毁了撒冷的高耸的神殿：
而你们，呵，她凄凉的女儿！
　　你们都号哭着四散逃散。

　　　　　　　　二

当我们忧郁地坐在河边
　　看着脚下的河水自由地奔流，
他们命令我们歌唱；呵，绝不！
　　我们绝不在这事情上低头！
宁可让这只右手永远枯瘦，
　　但我们的圣琴绝不为异族弹奏！

　　　　　　　　三

我把那竖琴悬挂在柳梢头，
　　噢，撒冷！它的歌声该是自由的；
想到你的光荣丧尽的那一刻，
　　却把你的这遗物留在我这里：
呵，我绝不使它优美的音调
　　和暴虐者的声音混在一起！
　　 查良铮译




Sonnet on Chillon 咏锡雍

Sonnet on Chillon

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is the heart—
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd—
To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom,
And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.

Chillon! thy prison is a holy place,
And thy sad floor an altar—for t'was trod,
Until his very steps have left a trace
Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod,
By Bonnivard! May none those marks efface!
For they appeal from tyranny to God.

咏锡雍

你磅礴的精神之永恒的幽灵！
　　自由呵，你在地牢里才最灿烂！
　　因为在那儿你居于人的心间——
那心呵，它只听命对你的爱情；
当你的信徒们被带上了枷锁，
　　在暗无天日的地牢里牺牲，
　　他们的祖国因此受人尊敬，
自由的声誉随着每阵风传播。
锡雍！你的监狱成了一隅圣地，
　　你阴郁的地面变成了神坛，
因为伯尼瓦尔在那里走来走去
　　印下深痕，仿佛你冰冷的石板
是生草的泥土！别涂去那足迹
　　因为它在暴政下向上帝求援。
查良铮译




Maid of Athens, Ere We Part 雅典的女郎

Maid of Athens, Ere We Part

Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast,
Keep it now, and take the rest!
Hear my vow before I go,
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ.

By those tresses unconfined,
Wooed by each Aegean wind;
By those lids whose jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks' blooming tinge;
By those wild eyes like the roe,
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ.

By that lip I long to taste;
By that zone-encircled waist;
By all the token-flowers that tell
What words can never speak so well;
By love's alternate joy and woe,
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ.

Maid of Athens! I am gone:
Think of me, sweet! when alone.
Though I fly to Istambol,
Athens holds my heart and soul:
Can I cease to love thee? No!
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ.

雅典的女郎

趁我们还没分手的时光，
还我的心来，雅典的女郎！
不必了，心既已离开我胸口，
你就留着吧，把别的也拿走！
我临行立下了誓言，请听：
我爱你呵，你是我生命！①

凭着你那些松散的发辫——
爱琴海的清风将它们眷恋，
凭着你眼皮——那乌黑的眼睫
亲吻你颊上嫣红的光泽：
凭着你小鹿般迷人的眼睛，
我爱你呵，你是我生命！

凭着我痴情渴慕的红唇，
凭着那丝带紧束的腰身，
凭着定情花——它们的暗喻②
胜过了人间的千言万语；
凭着爱情的欢乐和酸辛：
我爱你呵，你是我生命！

我可真走了，雅典的女郎！
怀念我吧，在孤寂的时光！
我身向伊斯坦布尔飞奔，
雅典却拘留了我的心魂，
我能够不爱你吗？不能！
我爱你呵，你是我生命！
　　　　 1810年，雅典
　　　　　　　　 　　杨德豫译
①这一行和以下各节的末行，原文为希腊文。
②希腊少女常以花朵作为表白爱情的信物。




So We'll Go No More A-Roving 我们将不再徘徊

So We'll Go No More A-Roving

So we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And Love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.

我们将不再徘徊

我们将不再徘徊
在那迟迟的深夜，
尽管心儿照样爱，
月光也照样皎洁。

利剑把剑鞘磨穿，
灵魂也磨损胸臆，
心儿太累，要稍喘，
爱情也需要歇息。

黑夜原是为了爱，
白昼转眼就回还，
但我们不再徘徊
沐着那月光一片。
　　　　 　 1817年
　　　　　　　　　　杨德豫译