新浪日志143（天涯日志369）

I Heard an Angel 我听到天使

--William Blake威廉·布莱克

译/李景琪、猎人hunter560  （2007年12月）

I heard an Angel singing
When the day was springing,
'Mercy, Pity, Peace
Is the world's release.'
天刚刚亮，
我听到天使歌唱：

“同情，怜悯，和睦

是世界的解放。”

Thus he sung all day
Over the new mown hay,
Till the sun went down
And haycocks looked brown.
在新割的干草上，

他这样整天唱；

直到太阳落山

干草堆一片暗黄。

I heard a Devil curse
Over the heath and the furze,
'Mercy could be no more,
If there was nobody poor,
在石南和荆豆之上，

我听到一个魔鬼诅咒：

“如果人人都不穷，

怜悯能有什么用，

And pity no more could be,
If all were as happy as we.'
At his curse the sun went down,
And the heavens gave a frown.
如果大家快乐似我你，

可怜一点都不必。”

听罢诅咒太阳落去，

天空也把眉头皱起。
Down pour'd the heavy rain
Over the new reap'd grain ...
And Miseries' increase
Is Mercy, Pity, Peace.
大雨倾盆注，

淋湿新收割的谷物…

增加的痛苦

是同情，怜悯，和睦。