Sara Teasdale

詩讖

Sara Teasdale 蒂絲黛兒 (1884--1933）
1918年 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 得主


四月之死 I Shall Not Care: (李敖譯)

當我死時，在四月明光，
雨水溼人如醉。
我將無動於衷，
一任你心碎。

我平靜，如老樹濃蔭，
任雨壓枝條如墜。
我將默然無語，
比你多一倍。

When I am dead and over me bright April / Shakes out her rain-drenched hair, / Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted, / I shall not care.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful / When rain bends down the bough, / And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted / Than you are now.

墓誌銘 Epitaph:

凋墜靜好，如紅葉飄落在
無風聲無雨喧的時節，
只有秋涼和永不止息
收呀收地將萬物收回大地。

就這樣，任雪花飄落深深
掩蓋住迷醉在光裡空裡的曾經，
大地不會惋惜她那不知疲倦的戀人，
他也不會醒來發現她竟如此不上心。

Serene descent, as a red leaf's descending / When there is neither wind nor noise of rain, / But only autumn air and the unending / Drawing of all things to the earth again.

So be it, let the snow fall deep and cover / All that was drunken once with light and air. / The earth will not regret her tireless lover, / Nor he awake to know she does not care.

關不住了 Over The Roofs, IV: (胡適譯)

我說：「我把心收起，
像人家把門關了，
叫愛情生生的餓死，
也許不再和我為難了。」

但是五月的濕風，
時時從屋頂上吹來；
還有那街心的琴調,
一陣陣的飛來。

一屋裏都是太陽光，
這時候「愛情」有點醉了，
他說，「我是關不住的，
我要把你的心打碎了！」

I said, ``I have shut my heart
As one shuts an open door,
That Love may starve therein
And trouble me no more.''

But over the roofs there came
The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
Where the street-pianos play.

My room was white with the sun
And Love cried out to me,
``I am strong, I will break your heart
Unless you set me free.''

1935: 周淑安唱 (youtube)


*轉引自 張綺容, 譯部落: 【譯史】中國白話文與美國女詩人｜胡適與蒂絲黛兒