【英譯唐詩】省試”湘靈鼓瑟” (“Sprite of Xiang River Playing Psaltery” - Poe

【英譯唐詩】省試”湘靈鼓瑟”   (“Sprite of Xiang River Playing Psaltery” - Poem for National Examination)

 

作者: [唐] 錢起  Author: [Tang Dynasty] Qi Qian

 

善鼓雲和瑟，  Sprite of Xiang River was good at playing “Yun-He” psaltery,

常聞帝子靈。  which was well known. 

馮夷空自舞，  The river god - “Ping,Yi” couldn’t help dancing alone once hear the tweedle,

楚客不堪聽。  While the relegated government officials couldn’t endure hearing it.

苦調淒金石，  Its tone of grief could make hard rock felt sad, 

清音入杳冥。  while its clear sound could be heard in the highest of heavens.

蒼梧來怨慕，  Even the spirit of Shun was attracted to taste the woe,

白芷動芳馨。  and the radix angelicaes were all moved to bloom.

流水傳瀟浦，  The notes flowed into everywhere of Xiaoxiang with the river water,

悲風過洞庭。  The sounds were sent to Dongting Lake by sorrowful wind.

曲終人不見，  Audience and player all disappeared once the performance finished, 

江上數峰青。  Only a couple of green peaks were left above the river.

所有跟帖： 

• 沙發讚---這詩能譯出來很厲害了,好！ -天山晨- ♂ (38 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 06:15:44

• 謝天山兄讚賞鼓勵。有幾句是偏重於意譯，像“楚客”，我理解是被貶謫到偏遠楚地的官員。 -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (352 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 06:31:17

• 駭於詩句“曲終人不見，江上數峰青”之神奇，試著英譯整首詩。附上《唐才子傳·錢起》部分： -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (592 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 06:19:53

• 湘靈鼓琴瑟，馮夷空自舞。。非常有想象力的一首詩。結尾處筆鋒一轉，收得漂亮！ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 13:01:37

• 是奠定錢起一生乃至千古詩名的傑作。 -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 14:10:51

• 厲害！古詩我讀的都費勁：）曲終人不見是現在曲終人散的由來嗎？ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 13:47:18

• 是的，尾聯被很多詩詞借用。 -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 14:09:03

• 這個湘 靈: 是spirit還是soul還是gost還是什麽其他非物質lives? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 15:25:59

• 應該是spirit -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2021 postreply 16:23:19

• 厲害，好譯! -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/11/2021 postreply 10:22:55

• 謝讚；） -WXCTEATIME- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/11/2021 postreply 11:25:04

• 這個好難 -jianchi9090- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/13/2021 postreply 17:03:45