在海上航行多久了 （译）

吕丁倩

　　

How Long I Sailed

【England】 Hartley Coleridge 

How long I sailed, and never took a thought

To what port I was bound! Secure as sleep,

I dwelt upon the bosom of the deep

And perilous sea. And though my ship was fraught

With rare and precious fancies, jewels brought

From fairyland, no course I cared to keep,

Nor changeful wind nor tide I heeded ought,

But joyed to feel the merry billows leap,

And watch the sunbeams dallying with the waves;

Or haply dream what realms beneath may lie

Where the clear ocean is an emerald sky,

And mermaids warble in their coral caves,

Yet, vainly woo to me their secret home;-

And sweet it were for ever so to roam.

Hartley Coleridge（1796-1849）

Like his father a famous English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hartley Coleridge excelled at composing sonnets and published a short collection: Poems. This book received a promising reception. The poem is a classic sonnet. It canvasses the poet’s imaginative sail on the ocean. Today the poem is still very popular.

　　

在海上航行多久了

【英国】哈特雷 柯勒律治

在海上航行多久了，驶向哪个港口，

我从未在意！安然入睡，

栖身于大海的怀抱，深遂的海洋

险象丛生。虽然在我的船上，

满载着稀世珍宝，

那是从神奇仙境带来的。我不在乎航线，

不理睬多变的风向，海潮的涨落

欢乐的巨浪奔腾起伏，使我陶醉，

眺望阳光照耀海面，与浪涛嬉戏；

遐想这清澈的海洋是绿宝石般的天空，

那天空底下有什么样的王国？

鱼美人在珊瑚礁洞里，柔声吟唱，

试图引诱我到她们神秘的家园，

然而，美妙的歌声将永远把我留在海上漫游。

哈特雷 柯勒律治（1796-1849）

英国诗人，他的父亲是著名浪漫诗人萨摩尔 泰勒 柯勒律治。 柯勒律治擅长写十四行诗为著名，出版过一本《诗集》，广受欢迎。这首古典十四行诗中，诗人幻想中的海上航行， 充满浪漫情怀，超凡脱俗的境界，是少有其他文学形式可以描绘的。

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