雪萊 愛的哲學 試譯

“Love’s Philosophy,” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

In spite of its title, this very sweet sixteen-line poem has nothing to do with philosophy, as far as I can see. Instead, it promulgates one of the oldest arguments of a swain to a maid: “All the world is in intimate contact – water, wind, mountains, moonbeams, even flowers. What about you?” Since “Nothing in the world is single,” he says with multiple examples, “What is all this sweet work worth / If thou kiss not me?” Interestingly, the lover’s proof of the “law divine” of mingling delicately omits any reference to animals and their mingling behavior. In any case, I hope it worked for him.
 

Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?—
See the mountains kiss high heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?

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愛的哲學

文/ 雪萊
譯/Yimusanfendi

條條清泉與那條河交融，
而眾江河與大海相通。
那些天堂的風
永遠混雜一份甜蜜的感情；
這世上沒有什麽形單影孤；
神聖的法則主導萬物
在同一個精神裏相聚相融。
為什麽我不能與你相通？——

看，那眾山親吻高高的天
那浪花彼此擁抱糾纏
沒有一朵姐妹花會被諒解包容
如果它鄙視它的弟兄

並且那陽光摟抱大地，
那大海被月光親吻撫摸：
所有的甜蜜工作有什麽價值

如果你親吻的不是我？

譯於12/23/2016

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愛底哲學
文/ 雪萊
譯/查良錚
泉水總是向河水匯流，

河水又匯入海中，

天宇的輕風永遠融有

一種甜蜜的感情；

世上哪有什麽孤零零？

萬物由於自然律

都必融匯於一種精神。

何以你我卻獨異？

你看高山在吻著碧空，

波浪也相互擁抱；

誰曾見花兒彼此不容：

姊妹把弟兄輕蔑？

陽光緊緊地擁抱大地，

月光在吻著海波：

但這些接吻又有何益，

要是你不肯吻我？

1819年

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