【譯詩】再臨傳說嶼
2007/07/29 16:28
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Nearing Again the Legendary Isle
Where sirens sang and mariners were skinned,
We wonder now what was there to beguile
That such stout fellows left their bones behind.
Those chorus-girls are surely past their prime,
Voices grow shrill and paint is wearing thin,
Lips hat sealed up the sense from gnawing time
Now beg the favour with a graveyard grin.
We have no flesh to spare and they can't bite,
Hunger and sweat have stripped up to the bone;
A skeleton crew we toil upon the tide
And mock the theme-song meant to lure us on;
No need to stop the ears, avert the eyes
From purple rhetoric of evening skies.
C. Day Lewis (1904-1972)
再臨傳說嶼
再臨傳說嶼：有女妖歌唱和骨瘦如柴水手定居的那一座。
我們現在會疑惑，這座島嶼究竟哪裏迷惑凡人來著。
那些大個兒水手只剩骨架，而那些歌姬早已過氣、音沙色衰。
她們的雙唇緊閉，對過往那段苦痛歲月守口如瓶，
如今卻又為誘使過往船員，而浮現一絲蒼涼的苦笑。
我們沒有多餘的肉可施捨，他們也嚼不動了，
飢餓與汗水已將他們剝削見骨。
我們在險浪中遇到這支骷髏航隊，
並且嘲弄那首本要迷惑我輩的主題歌。
無需掩耳、不用遮眼，
我們會自那瀰漫紫霞的臨暗天際泊過。
(試譯第20屆梁實秋詩文翻譯獎新詩之一)
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1樓. 陳心怡2007/07/30 20:25先推薦
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