介绍： 「天鹅依旧，我已不再」周末吹了一下午湖边的风，叶芝让我又待了一回。

The Wild Swans at Coole
柯尔庄园的野天鹅

by William Butler Yeats
叶芝著
袁可嘉译
CRIMX读

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 am...

介绍： 「天鹅依旧，我已不再」周末吹了一下午湖边的风，叶芝让我又待了一回。

The Wild Swans at Coole
柯尔庄园的野天鹅

by William Butler Yeats
叶芝著
袁可嘉译
CRIMX读

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.

树林里一片秋天的美景，
林中的小径很干燥，
十月的黄昏笼罩的流水
把寂静的天空映照；
盈盈的流水间隔着石头，
五十九只天鹅浮游。

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.

自从我最初为它们计数，
这是第十九个秋天，
我发现，计数还不曾结束，
猛一下飞上了天边，
大声地拍打着翅膀盘旋，
勾画出大而碎的圆圈。

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.

我见过这群光辉的天鹅，
如今却叫我真疼心，
全变了，自从第一次在池边，
也是个黄昏的时分，
我听见头上翅膀拍打声，
我那时脚步还轻盈。

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.

还没有厌倦，一对对情侣，
友好的冷水中行进，
或者向天空奋力的飞升，
它们的心灵还算年轻，
也不管它们上哪儿浮行，
总有着激情和雄心。

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?

它们在静寂的水上浮游，
何等的神秘和美丽！
有一天醒来，它们已飞去，
在哪个芦苇丛筑居？
哪一个池边，哪一个湖滨，
取悦于人们的眼睛？