Summer And Winter

           夏 与 冬

作者：【英】波西·比希·雪莱 －Percy Bysshe Shelley    

           上善若水 译本

(原诗韵式为两句一转韵，拙以其原韵试译，欢迎斧正。）

It was a bright and cheerful afternoon,

一个晴朗、欢快的下午，
Towards the end of the sunny month of June,

阳光六月，行将结束，

  When the north wind congregates in crowds

  当朔风从地平线上云集—
  The floating mountains of the silver clouds

  飘浮的山峦似银色的云翳—

From the horizon--and the stainless sky

澄澈无暇的朗朗晴空—

Opens beyond them like eternity.

悠远、空旷，仿佛永恒无穷。

  All things rejoiced beneath the sun; the weeds,

  阳光下，万物在纵情欢笑；
  The river, and the corn-fields, and the reeds;

  河流和麦田、芦苇和野草；

The willow leaves that glanced in the light breeze,

繁茂的枝叶、粗壮的大树，
And the firm foliage of the larger trees.

垂柳在轻风里引人注目。

  It was a winter such as when birds die

  正如隆冬季节一旦来临—
  In the deep forests; and the fishes lie

  飞鸟野禽冻死在密林；

Stiffened in the translucent ice, which makes

清澈的冰河里，鱼儿僵挺，
Even the mud and slime of the warm lakes

即便暖湖的淤泥凝成冰凌—

  A wrinkled clod as hard as brick; and when,

  皱土一块，泥砖般坚硬，
  Among their children, comfortable men

  当孩童绕膝惬意的人们—

Gather about great fires, and yet feel cold:

围着火炉，仍瑟缩寒冷：
Alas, then, for the homeless beggar old!

悲乎，无家可归—行乞的老人！

 （作于1820年） (written in 1820)