Kubla Khan
《忽必烈汗》
—— by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
忽必烈汗把諭旨頒布：
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
在上都興建宮苑樓臺；
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
圣河阿爾弗流經(jīng)此處，
Through caverns measureless to man
穿越幽深莫測的洞窟，
Down to a sunless sea.
注入陰沉的大海。
So twice five miles of fertile ground
于是十里膏腴之地
With walls and towers were girdled round;
都被高墻、崗樓圍起；
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
苑囿鮮妍，有川澗蜿蜒流走，
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
有樹木清香飄溢，花萼盛開；
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
蒼黯的密林，與青山同樣悠久，
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
把陽光映照的綠茵環(huán)抱起來。
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
哦！那一道幽壑，深嚴(yán)詭譎，
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
沿碧山迤邐而下，橫過松林！
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
蒙昧的荒野！圣潔而又中了邪，
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
恍若有孤身女子現(xiàn)形于昏夜，
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
在殘?jiān)轮?，哭她的鬼魅情人?/span>
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
幽壑里聲如鼎沸，喧囂不已，
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
仿佛是大地急促地喘著粗氣，
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
原來有大股泉水滔滔涌出，
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
偶有間歇，接著又急急噴吐，
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
水一沖，石塊像冰雹紛紛跳起，
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
又像連枷捶打下飛迸的谷粒；
And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
從這些蹦跳的亂石中間穿過，
It flung up momently the sacred river.
片刻不歇地騰躍著那條圣河。
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
圣河旋繞，像迷宮曲徑一樣，
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
流程五里，越過林地和峽谷，
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
而后才進(jìn)抵幽深莫測的洞窟，
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;
終于，喧嘩著，投入死寂的海洋。
And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
這片喧嘩里，忽必烈宛然聽到
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
祖先悠遠(yuǎn)的聲音——戰(zhàn)爭的預(yù)告！
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
殿宇樓臺的迷離倒影
Floated midway on the waves;
在粼粼碧波上漂搖蕩漾；
Where was heard the mingled measure
在這里可以從容諦聽
From the fountain and the caves.
噴泉、溶洞的融合音響。
It was a miracle of rare device,
這真是窮工極巧，曠代奇觀：
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
冰凌洞府映襯著艷陽宮苑！
A damsel with a dulcimer
我一度神游靈境，瞥見
In a vision once I saw:
一少女揚(yáng)琴在手：
It was an Abyssinian maid
她是個(gè)阿比西尼亞女郎，
And on her dulcimer she played,
她是個(gè)阿比西尼亞女郎，
Singing of Mount Abora.
用揚(yáng)琴悠揚(yáng)伴奏。
Could I revive within me
但愿那琴聲曲意
Her symphony and song,
重現(xiàn)于我的深心，
To such a deep delight ’twould win me,
那么，我就會心醉神迷，
That with music loud and long,
就會以悠長高亢的樂音
I would build that dome in air,
凌空造起那瓊樓玉殿——
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
那艷陽宮闕，那冰凌洞府！
And all who heard should see them there,
凡聽見樂曲的都能瞧見；
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
“留神！留神！”他們會呼喚，
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
“他長發(fā)飄飄，他目光閃閃！
Weave a circle round him thrice,
要排成一圈，繞他三度，
And close your eyes with holy dread
要低眉閉目，畏敬而虔誠，
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
因?yàn)樗麛z取蜜露為生，
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
并有幸啜飲樂園仙乳?！?/span>
楊德豫 譯
