The Daffodils

Written by William Wordsworth

I wondered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once i saw a crowd,
A host,of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake,beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw i at a glance
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparking waves in glee:
A Poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch i lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.


水仙花


我孤独的漫游，像一朵云
在山丘和谷地上飘荡，
忽然见我看见一群
金色的水仙花迎春开放，
在树荫下，在湖水边，
迎着微风起舞翩翩。

连绵不绝，如繁星灿烂，
在银河里闪闪发光，
它们沿着湖湾的边缘
延伸成无穷无尽的一行；
我一眼看见了一万朵，
在欢舞之中起伏颠簸。

粼粼波光也跳着舞，
水仙的欢欣却胜过水波；
与这样快活的伴侣为伍，
诗人怎能不满心快乐！
我久久凝望，却想象不到
这奇景赋予我多少财宝。

每当我躺在床上不眠，
或心神空茫，或默默沉思，
它们常在心灵中闪现，
那是孤独之中的福；
于是我的心便涨满幸福，
和水仙一同翩翩起舞。


赏析：

《水仙花》是威廉.华兹华斯浪漫主义诗歌的代表作。其口语化的语言是浪漫主义风格的一大特点。文笔朴素清新，自然流畅。这首诗歌强调了诗人对大自然的热爱以及回忆的重要性。

诗歌前两节描写了诗人看到的美丽的自然景色。第三节描写了诗人的内心感觉：欢乐，平和。诗人运用了第一人称（浪漫主义的另一特点），他把自己比作一朵浮云，在这一片水仙花上俯视着它们。诗人还运用拟人手法表达了对大自然的热爱：The cloud wandered，the waves danced，但其重点还是放在水仙花上。他把它们写成“a crowd”，“a host”，“a company”，“They dance and toss their heads”，它们还会表达欢乐愉快（“glee”，“jocund”）的心情呢!

诗歌的最后一节，诗人强调了回忆的重要性。他告诉我们当他处于空虚黯然的心情（in vacant or pensive mood），这一簇簇美丽的水仙花就会出现在他的回忆中（flash upon that inward eye），诗歌中的“inward eye”就是指他的回忆。它们帮助他度过了生命中的困难时期。当我们处在孤独与无助时，我们也可以回忆我们曾经感受大自然的美好时光，让自己感觉好起来。


The Solitary Reaper
BEHOLD her, single in the field,

Yon solitary Highland Lass!

Reaping and singing by herself;

Stop here, or gently pass!

Alone she cuts and binds the grain,

And sings a melancholy strain;

O listen! for the Vale profound

Is overflowing with the sound.



No Nightingale did ever chaunt

More welcome notes to weary bands

Of travellers in some shady haunt,

Among Arabian sands:

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard

In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,

Breaking the silence of the seas

Among the farthest Hebrides.



Will no one tell me what she sings?--

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

For old, unhappy, far-off things,

And battles long ago:

Or is it some more humble lay,

Familiar matter of to-day?

Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,

That has been, and may be again?



Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang

As if her song could have no ending;

I saw her singing at her work,

And o'er the sickle bending;——

I listen'd, motionless and still;

And, as I mounted up the hill,

The music in my heart I bore,

Long after it was heard no more.


《孤独的收割人》

看，一个孤独的高原姑娘

在远远的田野间收割，

一边割一边独自歌唱，——

请你站住。或者悄悄走过！

她独自把麦子割了又捆，

唱出无限悲凉的歌声，

屏息听吧！深广的谷地

已被歌声涨满而漫溢！



还从未有过夜莺百啭，

唱出过如此迷人的歌，

在沙漠中的绿荫间

抚慰过疲惫的旅客；

还从未有过杜鹃迎春，

声声啼得如此震动灵魂，

在遥远的赫布利底群岛

打破过大海的寂寥。



她唱什么，谁能告诉我？

忧伤的音符不断流涌，

是把遥远的不幸诉说？

是把古代的战争吟咏？

也许她的歌比较卑谦，

只是唱今日平凡的悲欢，

只是唱自然的哀伤苦痛——

昨天经受过，明天又将重逢？



姑娘唱什么，我猜不着，

她的歌如流水永无尽头；

只见她一面唱一面干活，

弯腰挥镰，操劳不休……

我凝神不动，听她歌唱，

然后，当我登上了山岗，

尽管歌声早已不能听到，

它却仍在我心头缭绕。