老詩新賞-詠水仙 (威廉.華茲華斯)

這是我和好友葉子大學時候都喜歡的詩歌，我記憶差, 早忘了，幸虧葉子提醒才想起。該詩的翻譯有多種，建議讀下麵的英文，感受其中的美妙。詩人 威廉.華茲華斯的這首詩是浪漫主義詩歌的代表作,華茲華斯有湖畔派詩人之稱.

 

                             水仙花/詠水仙

                     威廉.華茲華斯(1770-1850)

我孤獨地漫遊，像一朵雲  

我孤獨地漫遊，像一朵雲
在山丘和穀地上飄蕩，
忽然間我看見一群
金色的水仙花迎春開放，
在樹蔭下，在湖水邊，
迎著微風起舞翩翩。

連綿不絕，如繁星燦爛，
在銀河裏閃閃發光，
它們沿著湖灣的邊緣
延伸成無窮無盡的一行；
我一眼看見了一萬朵，
在歡舞之中起伏顛簸。

粼粼波光也在跳著舞，
水仙的歡欣卻勝過水波；
與這樣快活的伴侶為伍，
詩人怎能不滿心歡樂！
我久久凝望，卻想象不到
這奇景賦予我多少財寶，——

每當我躺在床上不眠，
或心神空茫，或默默沉思，
它們常在心靈中閃現，
那是孤獨之中的福祉；
於是我的心便漲滿幸福，
和水仙一同翩翩起舞 。

  The Daffodils         
                          
By William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.