<p class="ql-block"> 关雎</p><p class="ql-block">The Waterfouls Guanju</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">《诗经·周南》</p><p class="ql-block">Zhou Nan of The Book of Songs</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">关关雎鸠，</p><p class="ql-block">在河之洲。</p><p class="ql-block">窈窕淑女，</p><p class="ql-block">君子好逑。</p><p class="ql-block">A waterfowl Jujiu is Guanguan singing,</p><p class="ql-block">On the river islet sitting.</p><p class="ql-block">A fair and gentle maiden</p><p class="ql-block">Is the ideal wife for a gentleman.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">参差荇菜，</p><p class="ql-block">左右流之。</p><p class="ql-block">窈窕淑女，</p><p class="ql-block">寤寐求之。</p><p class="ql-block"> The Xing grass short or long by either bank,</p><p class="ql-block"> Will the fair maiden by right or left bank seek.</p><p class="ql-block">A fair and gentle maiden</p><p class="ql-block">Will be missed at night sleeping or woken.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">求之不得，</p><p class="ql-block">寤寐思服。</p><p class="ql-block">悠哉悠哉，</p><p class="ql-block">辗转反侧。</p><p class="ql-block">In an empty dream I am her pursuing,</p><p class="ql-block">Dreaming and dreaming, night so long,</p><p class="ql-block">Long and so long is my longing,</p><p class="ql-block">Sleepless longing makes me tossing and turning.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">参差荇菜，</p><p class="ql-block">左右采之。</p><p class="ql-block">窈窕淑女，</p><p class="ql-block">琴瑟友之。</p><p class="ql-block">The Xing grass short or long by either bank,</p><p class="ql-block"> Will the fair maiden by right or left bank pick.</p><p class="ql-block">As she is a fair and gentle maiden</p><p class="ql-block">I Will friend her with my lute and zither.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">参差荇菜，</p><p class="ql-block">左右芼之。</p><p class="ql-block">窈窕淑女，</p><p class="ql-block">钟鼓乐之。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">The Xing grass short or long by either bank,</p><p class="ql-block"> Will the fair maiden by right or left bank select.</p><p class="ql-block">As she is a fair and gentle maiden,</p><p class="ql-block">I will delight her with my bells and drums.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">《关雎》简析</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">《关雎》选自《诗经·周南》，是《诗经》的开篇之作，也是中国最早的一首爱情诗，奠定了国风温柔敦厚的审美基调。全诗以四言为主体，运用《诗经》典型的“起兴”手法，借景物引出情思，质朴含蓄，一唱三叹。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">诗歌分为三层。开篇“关关雎鸠，在河之洲”，以沙洲之上雎鸠和鸣起兴。雎鸠雌雄相伴、相守相依，诗人由此联想到君子对美好淑女的爱慕，自然引出“窈窕淑女，君子好逑”。这一节清丽平和，写出初见时心生倾慕，情感克制而真挚。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">中间四句写求而不得的相思之苦。“参差荇菜，左右流之”，以河畔流动采摘荇菜的动作起兴，喻君子日夜追寻心上人。“寤寐求之”点明思念不分昼夜；“求之不得，寤寐思服。悠哉悠哉，辗转反侧”，直抒相思煎熬，长夜无眠、翻来覆去的情态跃然纸上，把爱慕不得的惆怅写得细腻动人。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">后两节笔锋一转，由现实的苦思转入美好的想象。依旧以荇菜起兴，“采之”“芼之”对应“友之”“乐之”。君子幻想以琴瑟和鸣与淑女亲近交好，再以钟鼓奏乐，迎娶佳人，将爱慕升华为对美好婚姻的向往。这里的想象热烈却不艳俗，体现古人对爱情、婚姻庄重美好的追求。</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">在艺术上，本诗重章叠句，反复咏叹，节奏回环舒缓。景物与情感交融，情景相生。情感层次循序渐进：初见爱慕、相思煎熬、幻想成婚，哀而不伤，乐而不淫。作为国风典范，《关雎》不仅记录了上古先民纯真的爱情观，更承载了中华民族含蓄典雅的审美传统，千百年来传诵不衰。</p> <p class="ql-block">英语翻译简介</p><p class="ql-block"> 谢诗琳，原南昌大学人民武装学院外语系副教授，美颜翻译理论创立者。深耕英语文学教学与英汉诗歌翻译三十余年，师承庄绎传翻译思想，在“信达雅”基础上提出以“信、达、美”为标准、“适度美颜”为原则的本土译论。著有《莎士比亚十四行诗翻译与欣赏》，译有《莎士比亚十四行诗全集》《培根随笔全集》，长期致力于古典与现代英诗译介研究。</p>