葉慈《本·布尔本山麓下》（之六）

UNDER BEN BULBEN (VI) 

By William Butler Yeats

Under bare Ben Bulben's head

In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.

An ancestor was rector there

Long years ago, a church stands near,

By the road an ancient cross.

濯濯本·布爾本山麓下，

葉慈墓地安息鼓涯。

許多年前一位先祖

曾在那裡執事教區，

左近矗立一座教堂，  

古老十字架聳路旁。

No marble, no conventional phrase;

On limestone quarried near the spot

By his command these words are cut:

無須雲石，無須世俗言；

鄰近礦場採集石灰岩，

遵囑將這銘文鐫刻上：

Cast a cold eye 

On life, on death.

Horseman, pass by!

投一瞥冷峻目光

看淡生，看淡死。

騎士，一去絕人寰！

漢譯：TR.BY HKDCSH 2022.08.12