中文原作:《落葉》 孔紹安
早秋驚落葉,飄零似客心。
翻飛未肯下,猶言惜故林。
諸詩友譯作如下,排名不分前後:
跟風英譯隋朝詩人孔紹安《落葉》 送交者: 豌博 2016年03月27日
“Leaves Falling"
By Sui Dynasty Poet Kong Shaoan
Leaves are shedding startling early in the fall,
floating soulless and anywhere may they stall.
They flip and turn on trees striving to hang on,
like saying the forest turf is where they belong.
曹評:介句 They flip and turn on trees striving to hang on 精彩!奏似不想落下來。哈哈。
試譯孔紹安《落葉》 送交者: 邊砦 2016年03月26日
It is surprising to see yellow leaves fall in early autumn.
They are drifting desolately like exiled souls at bottom.
Struggling to hang on to the trees, they twist, twirl and sway.
It seems they say “we belong to the woods we used to stay.”
曹評:佩服想象力,譯筆靈活。大讚!
試譯《落葉》孔紹安 送交者: 文思 2016年03月26日
Leaves falling even in early autumn ,
Like my mind wandering nowhere.
They are circling reluctantly in the air,
As if I were home, not going anywhere.
曹評:原作感人,譯得真趣!個人覺得首句“驚”字譯得好。而原文後兩句的寓意,頗為挑戰譯筆。
接受豌博鼓勵,也譯一把《落葉》 曹雪葵 2016年03月27日
A falling Leave
A falling leaf surprised me of an earlier Autumn,
Like a lonely guy away from his childhood home.
It lingers with hearty entangling on the branch ,
As if a hired cowboy at last begins to love the ranch.
自跋:此第一稿也,頗有改進餘地,暇時再潤。
試譯 隋 孔紹安《落葉》 送交者: 賀蘭山 2016年03月27日
“ Falling Leaves"
By Sui Dynasty Poet Shaoan Kong
Watching in early autumn the yellow leaves are made to be shedding
As a wanderer,I feel sad and worry where is the room on halting.
They are struggling on the branches and try to hang themselves on,
Mumbling that it is hard to leave the forest for it is our home town.
曹評: 着眼點不同,也很精彩。中文原文似為離枝之葉在空中飄舞而不落的姿態,賀蘭兄之譯作似為雖搖搖欲墜但還連在枝上之葉的姿態,其不舍之情亦同。
也試英譯《落葉》(孔紹安) 送交者: 於文子 2016年03月30日
A falling leaf
Suddenly strikes a leaf, autumn's prelude.
As adrift is the traveler's mood.
Turning over and over, the leaf won't descend,
as if to say, treasure your home, my friend.
曹評:結句出彩兒,大讚!