人的季節

The Human Seasons
人的季節
BY JOHN KEATS (March 1818)
濟慈 (1818年3月)


Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:

一年之中，有四個季節來而複往，
人的心靈中，也有春夏秋冬；
他有蓬勃的春天，讓天真的幻想
把天下美好的事物全抓到手中；

He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves

到了夏天， 他喜歡對那初春
年華的甜蜜思想仔細地追念，
沉湎在其中，這種夢使他緊緊
靠近了天國： 他的靈魂在秋天

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness-to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.

有寧靜的小灣，這時候的他把翅膀
收攏起來， 他十分滿足，自在，
醉眼蒙朧，盡讓美麗的景象
像門前小河般流過，不去理睬；

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

他也有冬天，蒼白，變了麵形；
不然，他就超越了人的本性。(屠岸譯)

注釋：濟慈於1818年3月18日給友人貝萊(Bailey)的信裏寫有這首詩。但最初發表在 亨特的 <<文學袖珍本>> 1819年。此詩的英文韻式 為： abab cdcd efef gg. 屠岸 的譯文的韻式為 abab cdcd aeae ff.