勃朗宁夫人诗集第七首

勃朗宁夫人诗集第七首

《勃朗宁夫人诗集第七首》

在我眼中，整个世界都变了模样，我想，

自从听见你灵魂的足音坚持，噢，坚持要伴在我身旁；

它们偷偷挤进我和死亡之间，

我面临那恐怖深渊的边际，一心以为会坠亡，

却为爱所救，还教我以新的生命之歌。

上帝赐我洗礼这重生之酒，我欣然饮下，

并赞美它的甘甜，噢，我的爱人，只要你在我身旁！

人间或天堂，它们的名字全赖你的所在，

你在哪里，哪里就是我的仙乡；

这首昨日挚爱的生命之歌，

噢，那歌唱的天使知道，我爱它只是因为你的名字被声声吟唱。

What can I give thee back, O liberal

And princely giver, who hast brought the gold

And purple of thine heart, unstained, untold,

And laid them on the outside of the wall

For such as I to take or leave withal,

In unexpected largesse? am I cold,

Ungrateful, that for these most manifold

High gifts, I render nothing back at all?

Not so; not cold, —but verypoor instead.

Ask God who knows. For frequent tears have run

The colours from my life, and left so dead

And pale a stuff, it were not fitly done

To give the same as pillow to thy head.

Go farther! let it serve to trample on.

诗歌摘自《勃朗宁夫人十四行诗集》，张媛译