白 朗 宁 夫 人 十四行诗 四十四首中英双译 我想起，当年希腊的诗人曾经歌咏： I thought once how Theocritus had sung 年复一年，那良辰在殷切的盼望中 Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, 翩然降临，各自带一份礼物 Who each one in a gracious hand appears 分送给世人－－年老或是年少。 To bear a gift for mortals, old or young: 当我这么想，感叹着诗人的古调， And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, 穿过我泪眼所逐渐展开的幻觉， I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, 我看见，那欢乐的岁月、哀伤的岁月－－ The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, 我自己的年华，把一片片黑影接连着 Those of my own life, who by turns had flung 掠过我的身。紧接着，我就觉察 A shadow across me. Straightway I was 'ware, （我哭了）我背后正有个神秘的黑影 So weeping, how a mystic Shape did move 在移动，而且一把揪住了我的发， Behind me, and drew me backward by the hair; 往后拉，还有一声吆喝（我只是在挣扎）： And a voice said in mastery, while I strove, -- “这回是谁逮住了你？猜！”“死，”我答话。 `Guess now who holds thee?' -- `Death.' I said. But, there 听哪，那银铃似的回音：“不是死，是爱！” The silver answer rang, -- `Not Death, but love.' *02.EEB 白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗集第二首 可是在上帝的全宇宙里，总共才只 But only three in all God's universe 三个人听见了你那句话：除了 Have heard this word thou hast said, -- Himself, beside 讲话的你、听话的我，就是他－－ Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied 上帝自己！我们中间还有一个 One of us ... _that_ was God, ... and laid the curse 出来答话；那昏黑的诅咒落上 So darkly on my eyelids, as to amerce 我的眼皮，挡了你，不让我看见， My sight from seeing thee, -- that if I had died, 就算我瞑了目，放上沉沉的“压眼钱”， The death-weights, placed there, would have signified 也不至于那么彻底隔绝。唉， Less absolute exclusion. `Nay'...
