好时光-狄金森诗歌试译(110)

嘉木

Taken from men – this morning –

Carried by men today –

Met by the Gods with banners –

Who marshalled her away –

One little maid – from playmates

One little mind from school –

There must be guests in Eden –

All the rooms are full –

Far – as the East from Even –

Dim – as the border star –

Courtiers quaint, in Kingdoms

Our departed are.

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今晨她告别人世，

今日众人送她入土，

诸神执旗相迎，

列队迎她远赴。

小小少女告别玩伴，

未泯童心辞别学堂；

天堂想必宾客盈门，

没有一间空的客房。

如夕阳拂晓之相距，

似天际孤星之微明；

离人们皆是天国里，

侍臣古朴可亲。

嘉木试译《童心未泯》

If I should die,

And you should live –

And time should gurgle on –

And morn should beam –

And noon should burn –

As it has usual done –

If Birds should build as early

And Bees as bustling go –

One might depart at option

From enterprise below!

’Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand

When we with Daisies lie –

That Commerce will continue –

And Trades as briskly fly –

It makes the parting tranquil

And keeps the soul serene –

That gentlemen so sprightly

Conduct the pleasing scene!

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倘若我撒手长辞，

你依旧留居人世——

时光汩汩缓缓流淌，

清晨照常漾着柔光，

正午依旧火舞艳阳；

若是鸟儿早早筑巢，

群蜂奔走花间繁忙——

人尽可随心从容抽身，

告别凡世忙碌庸常！

雏菊陪伴我们长眠，是甜蜜心安，

世间林林总总店面如常；

商贸往来不曾中断，

各种“生意”热火奔忙(注)。

这份念想让离别平和安然，

心神沉静安稳坦荡；

自有后来者意气昂扬，

接续这喜人景象。

Commerce和Trade，Bird和Bee都用了大写，前二者的词语常常出现在诗人父亲的口中——一名笃信宗教，强调守序的律师；而狄金森的诗歌里则对应着花，鸟，蝴蝶，蜜蜂等大自然的万物。

感谢远方的诗友提议。试译中尝试着将单词的字体放大，呼应诗歌原文。

狄金森将死亡和烟火人间对比，将雏菊和忙碌的生意对比，可以从中读到诗人的本意。

嘉木试译《好时光》

By Chivalries as tiny,

A Blossom, or a Book,

The seeds of smiles are planted –

Which blossom in the dark.

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赠一朵花，或一卷书，

不过是点滴的君子之交，

微笑的种子悉数埋下——

于黑夜里悄然绽放。

嘉木试译《君子之交》