關於葉芝經典英文詩篇1
the white birds 白鳥
--by: w.b. yeats
would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
we tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
and the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
has awakened in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.
親愛的，但願我們是浪尖上壹雙白鳥!
流星尚未隕逝，我們已厭倦了它的閃耀;
天邊低懸，晨光裏那顆藍星的幽光
喚醒了妳我心中，壹縷不死的憂傷。
a weariness comes from those dreamers, dew-dabbled, the lily and rose;
ah, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor that goes,
or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew:
for i would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: i and you!
露濕的百合、玫瑰夢裏逸出壹絲困倦;
呵，親愛的，可別夢那流星的閃耀，
也別夢那藍星的幽光在滴露中低徊：
但願我們化作浪尖上的白鳥：我和妳!
i am haunted by numberless islands, and many a danaan shore,
where time would surely forget us, and sorrow come near us no more;
soon far from the rose and the lily, and fret of the flames would we be,
were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea!
我心頭縈繞著無數島嶼和丹南湖濱，
在那裏歲月會以遺忘我們，悲哀不再來臨;
轉瞬就會遠離玫瑰、百合和星光的侵蝕，
只要我們是雙白鳥，親愛的，出沒在浪花裏!
--傅浩 譯
關於葉芝經典英文詩篇2
When You Are Old
當妳老了
When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire,take down this book,
And slowly read,and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once,and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur,a little sadly,how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
當妳老了
袁可嘉譯
當妳老了，頭白了，睡意昏沈，
爐火旁打盹，請取下這部詩歌，
慢慢讀，回想妳過去眼神的柔和，
回想它們昔日濃重的陰影;
多少人愛妳青春歡暢的時辰，
愛慕妳的美麗，假意或真心，
只有壹個人愛妳那朝聖者的靈魂，
愛妳衰老了的臉上痛苦的皺紋;
垂下頭來，在紅光閃耀的爐子旁，
淒然地輕輕訴說那愛情的消逝，
在頭頂的山上它緩緩踱著步子，
在壹群星星中間隱藏著臉龐。
──1893
關於葉芝經典英文詩篇3
The Lake Isle of Innisfree 茵尼絲弗莉湖島 中英雙語對照：
William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
我就要起身走了，到茵尼斯弗利島，
造座小茅屋在那裏，枝條編墻糊上泥;
我要養上壹箱蜜蜂，種上九行豆角，
獨住在蜂聲嗡嗡的林間草地。
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
那兒安寧會降臨我，安寧慢慢兒滴下來，
從晨的面紗滴落到蛐蛐歇唱的地方;
那兒半夜閃著微光，中午染著紫紅光彩，
而黃昏織滿了紅雀的翅膀。
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear the water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
我就要起身走了，因為從早到晚從夜到朝
我聽得湖水在不斷地輕輕拍岸;
不論我站在馬路上還是在灰色人行道，
總聽得它在我心靈深處呼喚。
(飛白 譯)
其它 譯文：
茵尼思弗梨湖中小洲
現在我要動身了，去到茵尼思弗梨，
在那兒用泥土和茅茨蓋壹間小屋;
我將在那裏種九畝豆，又養壹箱蜜蜂，
孤獨地隱居在蜂鳴營營的林間。
我將在那裏得些平靜，因為平靜是徐徐地滴下來的，
從清晨之幕裏滴下來，到那有蟋蟀歌唱的地方;
那裏夜半只是壹縷微光，正午是壹片紫色的閃耀，
而暮色中充滿了紅雀的羽翼。
現在我要動身了，因為整日整夜地
我常聽得湖水拍岸的微聲，
當我站在大街上，或灰色的鋪道上的時候，
我在深沈的心底聽到這種聲音。
(施蟄存 譯)
茵納斯弗利島
我就要動身走了，去茵納斯弗利島，
搭起壹個小屋子，築起泥笆房;
支起九行雲豆架，壹排蜜蜂巢，
獨個兒住著，蔭陰下聽蜂群歌唱。
我就會得到安寧，它徐徐下降，
從朝霧落到蟋蟀歌唱的地方;
午夜是壹片閃亮，正午是壹片紫光，
傍晚到處飛舞著紅雀的翅膀。
我就要動身走了，因為我聽到
那水聲日日夜夜輕拍著湖濱;
不管我站在車行道或灰暗的人行道，
都在我心靈的深處聽見這聲音。