（古詩英譯）行路難（其六）鮑照 （南北朝）

行路難（其六）

鮑照 （南北朝）

 

對案不能食，

拔劍擊柱長歎息。

丈夫生世會幾時，

安能蹀躞垂羽翼？

棄置罷官去，

還家自休息。

朝出與親辭，

暮還在親側。

弄兒床前戲，

看婦機中織。

自古聖賢盡貧賤，

何況我輩孤且直。

 

The Perilous Path by Bao Zhao (Southern Dynasties)

 

Afore tabled food, yet not in a feasting mood,

A sword in hand, I strike a pillar with a sigh —

“Alive, how many years could elude

A man like me — not strut, not let wings fly?”

 

Alas, I must decide to retire,

Apace, returning home to rest.

At dawn, I wave goodbye to my dam and sire,

At dusk, I repair to my humble nest.

 

At bedside, I play with children mine,  

Awhile I’d fain behold my weaving wife.

All those sages, sith olden days, divine

As they were, ne’er begrudged a simple life.

 

At any rate, the likes of me — honest and straight —
Shall ever be burdened with a heavy weight.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile
15/06/2025

(To be revised)

 

譯後語：嘗試用莎士比亞sonnet 韻譜來釋譯這首詩。美中不足，為了湊足14 行，隻能在原文原意上“加戲”，不過自我安慰，似乎譯文表達的詩意還過得去吧？好一個“自我安慰” 哈哈哈。。。