哈代的诗NEUTRALTONES中英对照

哈代的诗NEUTRALTONES中英对照

NEUTRAL TONES

WE stood by a pond that winter day,

And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a few

leaves lay on the starving sod,

--They had fallen from an ash, and were gray.

Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove

Over tedious riddles solved years ago;

And some words played between us to and fro-- On which

lost the more by our love.

The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough

to have strength to die;

And a grin of bitterness swept thereby

Like an ominous bird a-wing?.

Since then, keen lessons that love deceives,

And wrings with wrong, have shaped to me

Your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree,

And a pond edged with grayish leaves.

灰调

那个冬日，我俩木立池边，

苍白的日光，如同受了上帝的责备，

几片叶子飘零在干枯的草甸，

---那是岑树的落叶，一片死灰。

你顾盼的目光漂游不定，

仿佛在昔日乏味的迷雾中穿行，

那时我们说话俏皮，唇舌剑，

结果却是心灵受损，为的只是爱情。

你唇边的微笑毫无生气，

一如临终前的微笑，冰凉僵滞，

一阵苦笑掠过脸庞，

如同一只不详之鸟展翅。

从那以后，爱情的使我铭心刻骨。

酸辛和悔恨，在我心中重新交织出

你的面容，苍白的冬日，那棵树，

还有池边飘零的枯叶落木。