【英诗鉴赏】When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd (abridged)

Toyger

When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d
by Walt Whitman

1

WHEN lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d,   
And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night,   
I mourn’d—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.   
   
O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring;   
Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west,         
And thought of him I love.   
   
2

O powerful, western, fallen star!   
O shades of night! O moody, tearful night!   
O great star disappear’d! O the black murk that hides the star!   
O cruel hands that hold me powerless! O helpless soul of me!  
O harsh surrounding cloud, that will not free my soul!   
   
3

In the door-yard fronting an old farm-house, near the white-wash’d palings,   
Stands the lilac bush, tall-growing, with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,   
With many a pointed blossom, rising, delicate, with the perfume strong I love,   
With every leaf a miracle......and from this bush in the door-yard,   
With delicate-color’d blossoms, and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,   
A sprig, with its flower, I break.

Toyger

当紫丁香最近在庭园中开放的时候

1

当紫丁香最近在庭园中开放的时候，
那颗硕大的星星在西方的夜空陨落了，
我哀悼着，并将随着一年一度的春光永远地哀悼着。

一年一度的春光哟，真的，你带给我三件东西：
每年开放的紫丁香，那颗在西天陨落了的星星，
和我对于我所敬爱的人的怀念。

2

啊，在西天的陨落的强大的星星哟，
啊，夜的阴影——啊，悲郁的，泪光闪烁的夜哟！
啊，巨大的星星消失了，——啊，遮没了星光的黑暗哟！
啊，紧攫着我使我完全无力挣扎的残酷的手哟，——啊，我的无助的灵魂哟！
啊，包围着我的灵魂使它不能自由的阴霾哟！

3

在一间古老的农舍前面的庭园里，靠近粉白的栅栏。
那里有一丛很高的紫丁香，长着心形的
碧绿的叶子，
开满了艳丽的花朵，充满了我所喜爱的强烈的芳香，
每一片叶子都是一个奇迹，——我从这庭园里的花丛中，
这有着艳丽的花朵和心形的绿叶的花丛中，
摘下带着花朵的一小枝。

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