柯勒律治

萨缪尔•柯勒律治（1772-1834）英国湖畔诗人之一，著名评沦家，浪漫主义思潮的主要代表。柯勒律治写诗不多，然而其中有不朽之作，例如《古舟子咏》和《忽必烈汗》，这些诗表现了诗人奇特的想象力如何驰骋在遥远的海洋和中古的月下城堡之间，立意新颖，感情激荡，想象奇特，语言瑰丽，音律优美，代表了浪漫主义的神秘，奇幻的一面，在技巧上则发掘了诗的音乐美。他还写有一些伤感，阴郁的抒情短诗，表现了诗人不幸的生活遭遇和抑郁的心情。他写有大量的文学、哲学，神学论著，论述精辟，见解独到，在英国文学史上占有重要地位。

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 古舟子咏

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 塞缪尔•T•柯勒律治

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PART I 第一章

An ancient Mariner meeteth three Gallants bidden to a wedding-feast, and detaineth one.

It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
'By thy long beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
他是一个年迈的水手，
从三个行人中他拦住一人，
“凭你的白须和闪亮的眼睛，
请问你为何阻拦我的路程？

The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din.'
“新郎家的大门已经敞开，
而我是他的密友良朋，
宾客已到齐，宴席已摆好，
远远能听到笑语喧闹。”

He holds him with his skinny hand,
'There was a ship,' quoth he.
'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'
Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
他枯瘦的手把行人抓住，
喃喃言道：”曾有一艘船。”
“走开，撒手，你这老疯子!”
他随即放手不再纠缠。

The Wedding-Guest is spell-bound by the eye of the old seafaring man, and constrained to hear his tale. He holds him with his glittering eye--
The Wedding-Guest stood still,
And listens like a three years' child:
The Mariner hath his will.
但他炯炯的目光将行人摄住——
使赴宴的客人停步不前，
像三岁的孩子听他讲述，
老水手实现了他的意愿。

The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone:
He cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner.
赴宴的客人坐在石头上，
不由自主地听他把故事讲：
就这样老水手继续往下说，
两眼闪着奇异的光芒。

'The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top.
“船在欢呼声中驶出海港，
乘着落潮我们愉快出航，
驶过教堂，驶过山岗，
最后连灯塔也消失在远方。

The Mariner tells how the ship sailed southward with a good wind and fair weather, till it reached the Line.

The Sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right
Went down into the sea.
“只见太阳从左边升起，
从那万顷碧波的汪洋里!
它终日在天空辉煌照耀，
然后从右边落进大海里。

Higher and higher every day,
Till over the mast at noon--'
The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassoon.
“它每天升得越来越高，
正午时直射桅杆的顶极——”
赴宴的客人捶打着胸膛，
当听到巴松管嘹亮的乐曲。

The Wedding-Guest heareth the bridal music; but the Mariner continueth his tale.

The bride hath paced into the hall,
Red as a rose is she;
Nodding their heads before her goes
The merry minstrelsy.
这时新娘已跨进大门，
她如鲜红的玫瑰一样漂亮；
行吟诗人走在她前面，
摇头摆尾快乐地歌唱。

The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast,
Yet he cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner.
赴宴的客人捶打着胸膛，
但不由自主地听他把故事讲；
就这样老水手继续往下说，
两眼闪烁着奇异的光芒。

The ship driven by a storm toward the south pole.

'And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he
Was tyrannous and strong:
He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along.
“这时大海上刮起了风暴，
它来势凶猛更叫人胆寒；
它张开飞翅追击着船只，
不停地把我们向南驱赶。

With sloping masts and dipping prow,
As who pursued with yell and blow
Still treads the shadow of his foe,
And forward bends his head,
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast,
The southward aye we fled.
“桅杆弓着身，船头淌着水，
像有人在背后追打叫喊，
却总是躲不开敌人的影子，
只好低着头任其摧残，
船儿在疾驶，狂风在呼啸，
我们一个劲儿往南逃窜。

And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold:
And ice, mast-high, came floating by,
As green as emerald.
“接着出现了浓雾和冰雪，
天气奇寒，冻彻骨髓；
如樯的冰山从船旁漂过，
晶莹碧绿，色如翡翠。

The land of ice, and of fearful sounds where no living thing was to be seen.

And through the drifts the snowy clifts
Did send a dismal sheen:
Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken--
The ice was all between.
“冰山射出惨淡的光芒，
在飘流的云雾中若明若灭：
四周既无人迹也无鸟兽——
只有一望无际的冰雪。

The ice was here, the ice was there,
The ice was all around:
It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
Like noises in a swound!
“这儿是冰雪，那儿是冰雪，
到处都是冰雪茫茫；
冰雪在怒吼，冰雪在咆哮，
像人昏厥时听到隆隆巨响！

Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.

At length did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came;
As if it had been a Christian soul,
We hailed it in God's name.
“终于飞来了一头信天翁，
它穿过海上弥漫的云雾，
仿佛它也是一个基督徒，
我们以上帝的名义向它欢呼。

It ate the food it ne'er had eat,
And round and round it flew.
The ice did split with a thunder-fit;
The helmsman steered us through!
“它吃着丛未吃过的食物，
又绕着船儿盘旋飞舞。
坚冰霹雳一声突然裂开，
舵手把我们引上了新途！

And lo! the Albatross proveth a bird of good omen, and followeth the ship as it returned northward through fog and floating ice.

And a good south wind sprung up behind;
The Albatross did follow,
And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo!
“南来的好风在船后吹送；
船旁紧跟着那头信天翁，
每天为了食物或玩耍，
水手们一招呼它就飞进船中！

In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,
It perched for vespers nine;
Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,
Glimmered the white Moon-shine.'
“它在桅索上栖息了九夜；
无论是雾夜或满天阴云：
而一轮皎月透过白雾，
迷离闪烁，朦朦胧胧。”

The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen.

'God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus!--
Why look'st thou so?'--With my cross-bow
I shot the ALBATROSS.
“上帝保佑你吧，老水手！
别让魔鬼把你缠住身！——
你怎么啦？”——”是我用弓箭，
射死了那头信天翁。”
PART II 第二章

The Sun now rose upon the right:
Out of the sea came he,
Still hid in mist, and on the left
Went down into the sea.
“现在太阳从右边升起，
从那万顷碧波的汪洋里；
但它终日被云雾缭绕，
然后从左边落进大海里。

And the good south wind still blew behind,
But no sweet bird did follow,
Nor any day for food or play
Came to the mariners' hollo!
“南来的好风仍在船后吹送，
但再不见那可爱的信天翁，
也不再为了食物或玩耍，
水手们一招呼就飞进船中！

His shipmates cry out against the ancient Mariner, for killing the bird of good luck.

And I had done an hellish thing,
And it would work 'em woe:
For all averred, I had killed the bird
That made the breeze to blow.
Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay,
That made the breeze to blow!
“我干了一件可怕的事情，
它使全船的人遭到了不幸；
他们都说我射死了那头鸟，
正是它带来了海上的和风。
他们咒骂我，这个恶棍，
他不该杀死那头信天翁！

But when the fog cleared off, they justify the same, and thus make themselves accomplices in the crime.

Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist:
Then all averred, I had killed the bird
That brought the fog and mist.
'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,
That bring the fog and mist.
“当艳阳高照不再又暗又红，
而像上帝头上灿烂的光轮，
大家又改口说我做得对，
应该射死那带来迷雾的信天翁。

The fair breeze continues; the ship enters the Pacific Ocean, and sails northward, even till it reaches the Line.

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.
“惠风吹拂，白浪飞溅，
船儿轻快地破浪向前；
我们是这里的第一批来客，
闯进这一片沉寂的海面。

The ship hath been suddenly becalmed.

Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down,
'Twas sad as sad could be;
And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea!
“风全停了，帆也落了，
四周的景象好不凄凉；
只为打破海上的沉寂，
我们才偶尔开口把话讲。

All in a hot and copper sky,
The bloody Sun, at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the Moon.
“正午血红的太阳，高悬在
灼热的铜黄色的天上，
正好直射着桅杆的尖顶，
大小不过像一个月亮。

Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
“过了一天，又是一天，
我们停滞在海上无法动弹；
就像一幅画中的航船，
停在一幅画中的海面。

And the Albatross begins to be avenged.

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.
“水呵水，到处都是水，
船上的甲板却在干涸；
水呵水，到处都是水，
却没有一滴能解我焦渴。

The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.
“大海本身在腐烂，呵上帝！
这景象实在令人心悸！
一些长着腿的粘滑的东西，
在粘滑的海面上爬来爬去。

About, about, in reel and rout
The death-fires danced at night;
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt green, and blue and white.
“到了夜晚死火出现在海上，
在我们四周旋舞飞扬；
而海水好似女巫的毒油，
燃着青、白碧绿的幽光。

A Spirit had followed them; one of the invisible inhabitants of this planet, neither departed souls nor angels; concerning whom the learned Jew, Josephus, and the Platonic Constantinopolitan, Michael Psellus, may be consulted. They are very numerous, and there is no climate or element without one or more.

And some in dreams assuréd were
Of the Spirit that plagued us so;
Nine fathom deep he had followed us
From the land of mist and snow.
“有人说他在睡梦中看见了
那给我们带来灾难的精灵；
他来自那冰封雾锁的地方，
在九噚的水下紧紧相跟。

And every tongue, through utter drought,
Was withered at the root;
We could not speak, no more than if
We had been choked with soot.
“我们滴水不进极度干渴，
连舌根也好象已经枯萎；
我们说不出话发不出声，
整个咽喉像塞满了烟灰。

The shipmates, in their sore distress, would fain throw the whole guilt on the ancient Mariner: in sign whereof they hang the dead sea-bird round his neck.

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.
“呵！天哪！这全船老小
都向我射来凶恶的目光！
他们摘下我戴的十字架，
而把死鸟挂在我脖子上。