秋頌

【英】約翰·濟慈

1

霧靄洋溢、碩果累累的秋，

是催熟萬物之太陽的摯友；

你們密謀如何把福佑賜予大地：

讓掛果的葡萄藤蔓爬遍檐下，

讓蘋果把綴滿青苔的樹干壓彎，

讓所有的果子都熟透香甜，

讓甜甜的籽粒把葫蘆脹滿，

讓榛子殼撐得又胖又圓，

讓花期延長，為蜜蜂綻放。

讓它們以為日子總是暖的，

因為夏日早填滿了它們沾濕的蜂房。

2

Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?

Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find

Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,

Thy hair sort-lifted by the winnowing wind;

Or on a half-reaped furrow sound asleep,

Dowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook

Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers.

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep

Steady thy laden head across a brook;

Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,

Thou watchest the last oozing hours by hours.

2

誰沒見過你常逗留于谷倉間？

出門的人也可以在田野里瞥見，

你坐在打谷場自在悠閑，

和風輕輕將你的秀發翻卷；

或見你在收割過的田壟上酣眠，

昏昏沉沉伴隨著罌粟花的香甜，

你不忍對花兒纏繞的禾行揮鐮；

有時你像拾穗者一樣，

頭頂糧袋在溪水澗穩步穿行。

或者耐心待在榨汁的機架旁，

長久地凝視緩緩流淌的酒漿。

3

Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,

While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,

And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

Then in a waiful choir the small gnats mourn

Among the river sallows, borne aloft

Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;

And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;

Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft

The red-breast whistles form a garden-croft;

And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

3

春之歌在哪兒？啊，它們去了何方？

別想它們了，你的音樂正在回旋，

錦云映照緩緩隱退的白天，

又把玫瑰色鍍在殘梗碎散的麥田。

這時，河邊垂柳下蟲兒的吟唱

交織成悲哀的和聲，它們時而飛起

忽而下落，隨著微風起伏；

樹籬下蛐蛐歌聲妙曼，

山坳里群羊咩咩叫；

天空中群燕嘰喳呢喃，

田園里知更鳥在婉轉鳴啼。