《西罗普郡一少年》: 31: 温洛崖上树木正在遭难

英国   A. E. 豪斯曼原著

Alfred Edward Housman (1859 – 1936)

徐家祯翻译

 

 

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;

      His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;

The gale, it plies the saplings double,

      And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

 

'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger

      When Uricon the city stood:

'Tis the old wind in the old anger,

      But then it threshed another wood.

 

Then, 'twas before my time, the Roman

      At yonder heaving hill would stare:

The blood that warms an English yeoman,

      The thoughts that hurt him, they were there.

 

There, like the wind through woods in riot,

      Through him the gale of life blew high;

The tree of man was never quiet:

      Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.

 

The gale, it plies the saplings double,

      It blows so hard, 'twill soon be gone:

To-day the Roman and his trouble

      Are ashes under Uricon.

 

温洛崖上树木正在遭难，   
      森林把雷金岭全都盖遍;
阵风持续吹刮将幼树吹弯了腰，   
      塞汶河上厚厚的树叶就像雪片。

当乌利康古城还矗立于此的时候，   
      风儿也如此在林间呼啸穿行:
那是古老的风，古老的愤怒，   
      不过它鞭打的是另一片树林。

那时，还在我出生之前，罗马人   
      凝望着那边蜿蜒起伏的山脉:
温暖英格兰农民的血液，   
      让他感到伤害的思想，那时就都已存在。

那里，就像风儿吹过树林引起的骚乱，   
      生活的阵风也高高刮过他的心田;
人的树木从来就不会寂静平安，   
      那时是罗马人，现在却轮到我的时间。

将幼树吹弯了腰的阵风，   
      刮得如此狂暴，但很快就将平静:
如今，罗马人和他们的烦恼，   
      也已成为乌利康古城地下的灰烬。