celiagarden

Frankfurt

The Muses’ Son

詩神之子

Through field and wood to stray

And pipe my tuneful lay,--

‘Tis thus my days are pass’d;

And all keep tune with me,

And move in harmony,

And so on, to the last.

漫步在田野林間，

悠揚的笛聲蕩漾著─

時光就這樣劃過；

眾人伴隨著我的曲調，

跟著我的節奏，

一起歡舞。

To wait I scarce have power

The garden’s earliest flower,

The tree’s first bloom in Spring;

They hail my joyous strain,--

When Winter comes again,

Of that sweet dream I sing.

我迫不及待地迎接

園中第一朵花的綻放，

那春潮中樹花的吐蕊；

他們為我快樂的歌聲歡呼─

就算冬天再次來臨，

我依然會為甜美春天歌唱。 

My song sounds far and near,

O’er ice it echoes clear,

Then Winter blossoms bright;

And when his blossoms fly,

Fresh raptures meet mine eye,

Upon the well-till’d height.

歌聲飄向四面八方，

在冰雪覆蓋處悠揚迴盪，

送給寒冬絲絲暖意；

就算嚴寒中的花兒凋零，

狂熱的欣喜也會闖入我的眼簾，

在精耕的山地上洋溢。 

When ‘neath the linden tree,

Young folks I chance to see,

I set them moving soon;

His nose the dull lad curls,

The formal maiden whirls,

Obedient to my tune.

菩提樹下

我偶然發現年輕的人們，

於是盡情鼓動他們；

讓那笨拙的少年，

和那優雅的少女，

伴著我的節奏翩翩起舞。

Wings to the feet ye lend,

O’er hill and vale ye send

The lover far from home;

When shall I, on your breast,

Ye kindly muses, rest,

And cease at length to roam?

將飛翔的羽翼借給愛人的雙足，

帶他們離家，飛越高山與峽谷，

飛向遠方；

啊，親愛的詩神，

何時我才能偎依在你胸前，

盡情將清閒享受？

~ 節錄自張愛玲編著《用耳朵聽最浪漫的英文》一書 P74-77