《英诗同题翻译》第38期 Break, Break, Break

      阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生(Alfred Lord Tennyson，1809-1892），是英国维多利亚时代最受欢迎及最具特色的著名诗人，他的诗歌准确地反映了他那个时代占主导地位的看法及兴趣，这是任何时代的英国诗人都无法比拟的。代表作品为组诗《悼念》。他是继威廉•华兹华斯（William Wordsworth）后又一获桂冠诗人称号的诗人。他的个人生活美满幸福，一直在乡间过着田园生活。本期所选的“Break, Break, Break”是诗人于1834年为悼念英年早逝的朋友哈勒姆而创作的。该诗的主要特点是节奏快、爆破多，是诗歌形式和内容结合的典范。完美体现了诗歌的韵律之美、音乐之美以及意象之美，诗人通过韵律和意象把对朋友的思念之情描写地酣畅淋漓。本期共收到十四版译作，在此推出十篇，以飨读者。特别感谢黄焰结、杨景荣、晚枫、王如利、张晔五位顾问和编委盲评推荐，同时感谢晚枫和王琳两位老师为本期奉献的朗诵和书法。

Alfred Tennyson

Break, break, break,

On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

And I would that my tongue could utter

The thoughts that arise in me.

O, well for the fisherman's boy,

That he shouts with his sister at play!

O, well for the sailor lad,

That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on

To their haven under the hill;

But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,

And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,

At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!

But the tender grace of a day that is dead

Will never come back to me.