莎翁情诗第52首〔美颜翻译理论的实践典范〕

诗琳外语

Sonnet 52

So am I as the rich whose blessed key

Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure,

The which he will not every hour survey,

For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure.

Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare,

Since seldom coming in that long year set,

Like stones of worth they thinly placed are,

Or captain jewels in the carcanet.

So is the time that keeps you as my chest,

Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,

To make some special instant special-blest

By new unfolding his imprisoned pride.

Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,

Being had, to triumph, being lacked, to hope.

谢诗琳的译文

我就像个富人，他那幸运的钥匙

能够带他去开启锁着的可爱宝藏，

他不会每时每刻打开那宝藏审视，

怕那少有的快乐锐减其耀眼锋芒；

盛大节日之所以如此隆重、难得，

是因为在漫长的一年中节日有限，

像价值昂贵的宝石零零星星点缀，

或似宝石项链上主要的几颗珠宝；

时光留着你就像宝藏在我宝箱里，

或者像那顶衣橱收藏着礼服锦袍，

只在某个特殊时刻令人特别走运，

把时光引以为傲的收藏新展风采。

你走运，你的价值让人开了眼界，

见你时我欣喜；不见你时我企盼。