李唐
隨後至
XI.
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestowest
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest.
Herein lives wisdom, beauty and increase:
Without this, folly, age and cold decay:
If all were minded so, the times should cease
And threescore year would make the world away.
Let those whom Nature hath not made for store,
Harsh featureless and rude, barrenly perish:
Look, whom she best endow'd she gave the more;
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish:
She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby
Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.
十一
和你一樣快地消沉，你的兒子，
也將一樣快在世界生長起來；
你灌注給青春的這新鮮血液
仍將是你的，當青春把你拋開。
這裏麵活著智慧、美麗和昌盛；
沒有這，便是愚蠢、衰老和腐朽：
人人都這樣想，就要鍾停漏盡，
六十年便足使世界化為烏有。
讓那些人生來不配生育傳宗，
粗魯、醜陋和笨拙，無後地死去；
造化的至寵，她的饋贈也最豐，
該盡量愛惜她這慷慨的賜予：
她把你刻做她的印，意思是要
你多印幾份，並非要毀掉原稿。
XII.
When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer's green all girded up in sheaves
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
十二
當我數著壁上報時的自鳴鍾，
見明媚的白晝墜入猙獰的夜，
當我凝望著紫羅蘭老了春容，
青絲的卷發遍灑著皚皚白雪；
當我看見參天的樹枝葉盡脫，
它不久前曾蔭蔽喘息的牛羊；
夏天的青翠一束一束地就縛，
帶著堅挺的白須被舁上殮床；
於是我不禁為你的朱顏焦慮：
終有天你要加入時光的廢堆，
既然美和芳菲都把自己拋棄，
眼看著別人生長自己卻枯萎；
沒什麽抵擋得住時光的毒手，
除了生育，當他來要把你拘走。
XIII.
O, that you were yourself! but, love, you are
No longer yours than you yourself here live:
Against this coming end you should prepare,
And your sweet semblance to some other give.
So should that beauty which you hold in lease
Find no determination: then you were
Yourself again after yourself's decease,
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,
Which husbandry in honour might uphold
Against the stormy gusts of winter's day
And barren rage of death's eternal cold?
O, none but unthrifts! Dear my love, you know
You had a father: let your son say so.
十三
哦，但願你是你自己，但愛呀，你
終非你有，當你不再活在世上：
對這將臨的日子你得要準備，
快交給別人你那俊秀的肖像。
這樣，你所租賃的朱顏就永遠
不會有滿期；於是你又將變成
你自己，當你已經離開了人間，
既然你兒子保留著你的倩影。
誰肯讓一座這樣的華廈傾頹，
如果小心地看守便可以維護
它的光彩，去抵抗隆冬的狂吹
和那冷酷的死神無情的暴怒？
哦，除非是浪子；我愛呀，你知道
你有父親；讓你兒子也可自豪。
XIV.
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy,
But not to tell of good or evil luck,
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality;
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Or say with princes if it shall go well,
By oft predict that I in heaven find:
But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
And, constant stars, in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself to store thou wouldst convert;
Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.
十四
並非從星辰我采集我的推斷；
可是我以為我也精通占星學，
但並非為了推算氣運的通蹇，
以及饑荒、瘟疫或四時的風色；
我也不能為短促的時辰算命，
指出每個時辰的雷電和風雨，
或為國王占卜流年是否亨順，
依據我常從上蒼探得的天機。
我的術數隻得自你那雙明眸，
恒定的雙星，它們預兆這吉祥：
隻要你回心轉意肯儲蓄傳後，
真和美將雙雙偕你永世其昌。
要不然關於你我將這樣昭示：
你的末日也就是真和美的死
XV.
When I consider every thing that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows
Whereon the stars in secret influence comment;
When I perceive that men as plants increase,
Cheered and check'd even by the self-same sky,
Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease,
And wear their brave state out of memory;
Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,
Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay,
To change your day of youth to sullied night;
And all in war with Time for love of you,
As he takes from you, I engraft you new.
十五
當我默察一切活潑潑的生機
保持它們的芳菲都不過一瞬，
宇宙的舞台隻搬弄一些把戲
被上蒼的星宿在冥冥中牽引；
當我發覺人和草木一樣蕃衍，
任同一的天把他鼓勵和阻撓，
少壯時欣欣向榮，盛極又必反，
繁華和璀璨都被從記憶抹掉；
於是這一切奄忽浮生的征候
便把妙齡的你在我眼前呈列，
眼見殘暴的時光與腐朽同謀，
要把你青春的白晝化作黑夜；
為了你的愛我將和時光爭持：
他摧折你，我要把你重新接枝。
Hi, me again. I think we can move on from it now. Yes, rules, rules are man-made.
What you are trying to dig out is that if this master had used the hexameter instead of the pentameter. Fron the rules to count the syllables nowadays, that sentence is hexameter. I don't know what the rules were more than 400 years ago.
However, I did read some experts pointed out this master didn't follow the meter occasionally.
Besides, you are a good poet of Chinese metered poem. You can break the rules if there is a good artistic content.
Hi, I am late this week. I am too busy to read anything more.
But I would like to pick up our last question. As you said "that sentence has 12 syllables", then that is the problem: "Pentemeter" means 2X5 syllables, not 2x6.
So, what you said here: "that sentence has 12 syllables", you understate that: our master is wrong here. Can I understand in this way?
I will read something more, and come here for more advices.
Thank you for your time and knowledge.
The vowels a, e, i, o, u are the constituent to count a syllable, in which a consonant can be found at the front or at end or both. Definitely, that sentence has 12 syllables.
Thanks a lot. It takes some time for me to desigest your explanations of those lines. My immediate question I can pick up is the following:
"Whereon the stars in secret influence comment; --> 小寫是輕音，大寫是重音： in SEcret INfluENCE"
If you divide feet like this, then the line "WhereON the STARS in SEcret INfluENCE comMENT, would have six, instead of five syllable groups. There must be something wrong here, right?
By the way, I am very glad you put more sonnets here. I can further read them along your posters.
Blog is only a place for our sparetime. We should not rush for anything here.
Thank you again.
網絡的確為大家提供了前所未有的學習資源。
--> barrenly 肯定是三個音節，莎翁卻有忽略十音節律則的時候。
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.
--> 一詞在一句中重複出現時，可揚可抑。這是單音節的特點。
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay, -->fall 的位置是抑
Which husbandry in honour might uphold -->band 是抑，dry 肯定不是重讀音，但要重於band
When I consider every thing that grows -->consider 重音在第二音節。
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows -->pre-sen---teth 讀成ti◎。
Whereon the stars in secret influence comment; --> 小寫是輕音，大寫是重音： in SEcret INfluENCE
And wear their brave state out of memory;--> ME--mo-RY
抱歉，最近來博的時間較少，遲複見諒。
晚上，抽空看了你這裏貼的XI-XV，對音節作了些劃分，有這樣一些問題需要請教：(羅馬數字是SONNET 的編號，L後邊是行數，“抑”指unstressed syllable，“揚”指stressed syllable)
Harsh featureless and rude, barrenly perish: -->barrenly __XI.L10 (two syllables or three?)
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves -->barren __XII.L5 (regarded as tw syllables, definately)
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear. -->sweet (揚?) is-(抑?) __XIII.L8
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay, -->fall (揚?) to (抑?) __XIII.L9
Which husbandry in honour might uphold -->band-(揚?) dry (抑?) __XIII.L10
以上幾句對抑揚的順序不清楚。
When I consider every thing that grows -->how to divide "consider every thing"? __XV.L1
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows -->pre-sen---teth nought __XV.L3
Whereon the stars in secret influence comment; -->how to divide "in secret influence"? __XV.L4
以上分不出音節，是否有些音要“吞掉”。
And wear their brave state out of memory;-->of-me--mo-ry (揚?抑?)__XV.L8
馬上是周末，再拿出些時間多讀幾篇。到時再來見教。謝謝。
今天是教師節，對您的賜教，學著說句官家的話：向您致以節日的問候。
我在我那裏作了鳴謝。但具體問題還願意到您這裏來說一說。本人近來在讀沙翁的詩，音節上的劃分多有不解。一直是按順序讀的，您這裏有從11-50各首，我準備就按您這裏的讀。我會作些筆記，如有什麽問題，隨時在這裏向您請教。
再者，您是否有些網上的連接，那裏可以找到講解十四行詩的寫作技巧和規則的內容。
再謝，祝好。