华兹华斯诗欣赏:失去的爱
The Lost Love
By William Wordsworth
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove;
A maid whom there were none to praise,
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
---Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
她居住在白鸽泉水的旁边,
无人来往的路径通往四面;
一位姑娘不曾受人称赞,
也不曾受过别人的爱怜。
苔藓石旁的一株紫罗兰,
半藏着没有被人发现!
美丽得如同天上的星点,
一颗唯一的星清辉闪闪。
她生无人知,死也无人唁,
不知她何时去了人间;
但她安睡在梦中,哦可怜,
对于我呵是个地异天变。
(郭沫若译)
注:这首诗是华兹华斯描写苏格兰山地和湖区农家少女的《露茜组诗》(Lucy Poems)中的第一首。本诗包括三节四行诗,大抵采用抑扬格,各节韵式为abab。
Untrodden:人迹罕至的 the springs of Dove:鸽泉
Fair:美丽的 ceased to be:死亡、死去