下面这首刘易斯·卡罗尔的一首著名藏头诗,每句的第一个字母组成了《爱丽丝漫游仙境》女主人翁的名字Alice Pleasance Liddell. 几年前受到鼓励,第一次尝试"翻译"英文诗歌,就是拿这一首下刀的。后来被网友严重批评过,说我是借人家的菜名,自行重新切肉下锅来充数:))
A BOAT, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July --
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear --
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream --
Lingering in the golden gleam --
Life, what is it but a dream?
老瓦译本:
七月的船儿
满载日光
晃悠悠去梦乡
倦而不眠的小童
眼睛跳下床
耳朵推开了窗
听晴天里的旧事
那不回头的情殇
看夏妆脸上的秋霜
她还萦绕梦里
穿过光明
只是不牵手的倩影
好奇的小童们
捂不住的心房
不知不觉睡安详
他们躺在仙境
吮吸着日月
回味仲夏的吻别
这不息的追逐
镀满了金光
人生莫非梦一场
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