Break_break_break_中英对照

On thy cold grey stones, O Sea!

在灰冷的危岩上崩溃，碎

裂！

And I would that my tongue could utter

但愿我胸中涌起的思情

The thoughts that arise in me.

能在舌端倾泻。

O well for the fisherman's boy,

嬉戏的渔家儿女

That he shouts with his sister at play!

奔逐喧闹，多么亲切！

O well for the sailor lad,

帆樯下的少年水手

That he sings in his boat on the bay!

放声歌唱，多么喜悦！

And the stately ships go on

山麓期盼中的港湾

To their haven under the hill;

把庄严的航船迎接。

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

而我渴望触及的手不再回归，

And the sound of a voice that is still!

我渴望倾听的嗓音已然寂灭！

Break, break, break,

碎裂！啊，大海

的波涛

At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!

在峭壁下崩溃，碎裂！

But the tender grace of a day that is dead

温柔美好的日子死了，

Will never come back to me.

已然永远和我诀别。

【说明】这首诗是英国桂冠诗人丁尼生（

Alfred Tennyson 1809

－

1892

）为悼念亡友而作，

是他著名的悲情诗之一。

该诗的中译已有 几种，多为直译。本译为意译，即在忠实原诗的思

想内容前提下，在形式方面有较多的变 动，以适合中国读者的审美习惯。如诗题的三个

“break”仅译为一个“碎裂”,以 使感情较为含蓄；

同样，

第

1

，

4

节首行则被译为“碎裂，

< br>崩溃，

碎裂”，

并被置于两行中，

也避免了第二行直译中为了中文句法的完整而不得不增添

的一个“break”；第< /p>

2

节中的“O well”被具体地译为“多么亲切”和“多么喜 悦”，而

“渔夫的儿子和他的妹妹（或姐姐）”则简译为“渔家儿女”，同时，为了不使 字数过少，

增加“奔逐”二字；

等等。

原分节换韵也改为全诗同韵，

并增添了原诗没有的行内韵，

如“ 灰

冷的危岩”，

“庄严的航船”。

译者 参考了飞白先生的译作。

此译诗曾以英汉对照方式刊登

于外研社 出版的《英语学习》

1999

年第

5< /p>

期。

Break,

Break

is

a

lyric

poem

that

Alfred

Tennyson

(1809-1892)

was

believed

to

have

completed

in

1834.

It

centers

on

Tennyson's

grief

over

the

death

of

his

best

friend,

Arthur

Hallam,

a

fellow

poet.

Lyrical

poetry

presents

the

deep

feelings

and

emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty

observation. A lyric poem often has a pleasing musical quality. The word lyric

derives from the Greek word for lyre, a stringed instrument in use since ancient

times.

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译文赏析

Break,1 break, break,

On thy cold gray stones, O 2 Sea!

And I would 3 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! 4

And the stately ships go on

To their haven under the hill;

But O for the touch of a vanished hand,

And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,

At the foot of thy crags,5 O Sea!

But the tender grace of a day that is dead

Will never come back to me.

1...Break: To crash into a shore and change into foam

2...O: Interjection used before the name of a person or thing addressed by a poet.

It is intended to express deep yearning or surprise, joy, pain, fear, wonderment,

and other emotions or sensations.

3...would: Wish

4...bay: Part of the sea that cuts into the shoreline. A bay forms after the sea

erodes

soft

rock

between

masses

of

hard

rock.

A

bay

is

smaller

than

a

gulf

but

larger

than a cove.

5...crags: Rough, steep masses of rock at the shoreline

Rhyme Scheme and Meter

Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza have end rhyme. The meter in the poem varies, but

the anapestic foot creates the musicality of the poem, as in the following lines:

iamb anapest anapest iamb

But O| for the TOUCH | of a VAN | ished HAND,

anapest anapest anapest

And the SOUND| of a VOICE| that is STILL!