美國文學(xué)詩歌名篇翻譯賞析

Ishotanarrow井^4lLi士我射出一支箭……---HenryWadsworthLongfellowIshotanarrowintotheair,我把一支箭射向空中ItfelltoearthIknewnotwhere;不知它落在何方Forsoswiftlyitflewthesight飛得那么快Couldnotfollowitinitsfight.眼睛難以追尋它的方向Ibreathedasongintotheair,我對著天空輕輕唱歌ItfelltoearthIknewnotwhere;不知它消逝在何方Forwhohasthesightsokeenandstrong誰的眼光能如此敏銳犀利Thatcanfollowtheflightofasong.能跟上歌聲的翅膀Long,longafterwardsinanoak,很久很久以后，在一棵橡樹上Ifoundthearrowstillunbroke;我找到了那支箭，仍未折斷Andthesong,frombeginningtoend,也發(fā)現(xiàn)了那支歌，自始自終Ifoundagainintheheartofafriend.在朋友的心中歡唱Thispoemiswritteninatraditionaliambicformwiththefeet“aabbaaccddee”.Inthepoem,Longfellowsingsthefriendshipimplicitlyandskillfully.Thearrowandthesonginthispoemstandforthefriendship.Whenheshotanarrowandbreathedasongintotheair,hedidnotexpecttofindthemanymore.Butmanyyearslater,hecameacrosswiththearrowandfoundthathissongwasalwaysintheheartofhisfriend.Thissuggeststhatthefriendshipiseverlasting.I'mNobody!我是無名之輩EmilyDickinsonI'mnobody!Whoareyou?我是無名之輩！你是誰？Areyounobody,too?你也是無名之輩嗎？Thenthere'sapairofusdon'ttell!那么我們就是一對兒了！千萬不要透露出去They'dbanishus,youknow!不然我們都會被他們驅(qū)逐，你知道。Howdrearytobesomebody!做一個某某，是多么沉悶無聊Howpublic,likeafrog眾人像是青蛙Totellyournamethelivelongday整日地把你談?wù)摪oanadmiringbog!對著他們傾慕的泥沼ThispoemisDickinson'smostfamousandmostdefenseofthekindofspiritualprivacyshefavored,implyingthattobeaNobodyisaluxuryincomprehensibletoadrearysomebody—fortheyaretoobusykeepingtheirnamesincirculation.Buttobesomebodyisnotasfancyasitseemstobe.Atravelercomestoaforkintheroadandneedstodecidewhichwaytogotocontinuehisjourney.Aftermuchmentaldebate,hepickstheroad“l(fā)esstraveledby”.Thepoemdescribesthetoughchoicespeoplestandforwhentravelingtheroadoflife.Thewords"sorry"and"sigh"makethetoneofpoemsomewhatgloomy.Differentchoiceswillleadtodifferentlifejourneys.Andallthesedependonone'smomentarydecision.Theroadnottaken未選擇的路RobertFrostTworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,黃色的樹林里分出兩條路AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth.可惜我不能同時去涉足Andbeonetraveler,longIstood我在那路口久久佇立AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould向著一條路極目望去Towhereitbentintheundergrowth;直到它消失在叢林深處Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,但我卻選擇了另一條路Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;顯得更誘人，更美麗Thoughasforthatpassingthere雖然在這條小路上Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame.很少留下旅人的足跡Andboththatmorningequallylay那天清晨落葉滿地Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.兩條路都未經(jīng)腳印污染Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!啊，留下一條路等改日再見Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.恐怕我難以再回返Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh也許多少年后在某個地方Somewhereagesandageshence:我將輕聲嘆息將往事回顧Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI---一片樹林里分出兩條路--Itooktheonelesstraveledby,而我選擇了人跡更少的一條Andthathasmadeallthedifference.從此決定了我一生的道路Dreams夢想LangstonHughesHoldfasttodreams緊緊抓住夢想Forifdreamsdie夢想若是消亡Lifeisabroken-wingedbird生命就像折了翅膀的鳥兒Thatcannotfly.再也無法飛翔Holdfasttodreams緊緊抓住夢想Forwhendreamsgo夢想若是消失Lifeisabarrenfield生命就像貧瘠的荒野Frozenwithsnow.雪覆冰封，萬物不再生長Thethemeofthepoemistotellpeopletheimportanceofdreams.Withoutdreams,onewillbelikeabroken-wingedbirdthatcanneverfly.Without