試譯王維的相思+閒侃中美相思、拉夫（love）之微妙異同

2018年2月9日

《相思》唐.王維

紅豆生南國，

春來發幾枝。

願君多採擷，

此物最相思。

Love at First Sight

Red roses like southern dew,

Spring wakes up budding light.

Better pick quite a few,

along comes love at first sight.

（用韻按ABAB）

阿立註：

詩友們各顯神通，嚴重歡譯舊體詩詞。

阿立跟着逗趣開心，卻只是‘入骨’、‘堅果’的玩玩米國俚語。米國佬‘骨頭’俚語還不少的趕腳，哈哈。

昨天看文思兄用玫瑰來借代翻譯紅豆，大讚！

個見以為，純粹個見哪，翻譯的‘信達雅’，若是為了受眾，當以米國佬（或者島兄以大鷹帝國佬）能共鳴為基礎。

紅豆對米國佬毫無對等意義。‘玫瑰’雖不等於中國人的‘紅豆’，但對米國佬而言，不言而喻、人盡皆知。

‘相思’更令人頭疼，因為米國佬實在無相近、類似的感受。‘拉夫’（love）雖然也是人盡皆知，但太濫用了（米國佬）。與中文的‘相思’相去甚遠。

中文的‘相思’也是人盡皆知，自然也深含‘拉夫’的意思。但‘相思’更純、更持久。不是簡單的男歡女愛。所謂‘三生三世’、‘前世今生’也（雖只是願望）。

文思兄昨天互動時提到‘一見鍾情’。俺最早看到詩友們的翻譯時，第一反應就是可以用‘love at first sight’來翻譯‘相思’。

首先，‘love at first sight’是米國佬生活中很常用、很常用的。意思也比‘拉夫’純很多的趕腳。並非男歡女愛（米國佬可以同居很久，天天‘拉夫’卻無真的‘拉夫’）。

第二，‘love at first sight’並不完全等於中文的‘一見鍾情’。鷹文里，暗隱‘真拉夫’（true love）。

而中文‘一見鍾情’未必，可以有下文：誰知是否一方只是想‘上窗’（雅點的借代）？是否‘始亂終棄’？不是門當戶對。。。以後木有好結果啊。。。云云。

想到這些閒侃，純粹個見哪（哈哈，學曹兄），起因卻還要早些時間。是聽了凱西美女（Kelsea Ballerini）唱的一首嚴重流行歌的感想：

前次在曹兄的某帖子下留言，提到現在很流行的一首鄉村歌曲《Unapologetically》。凱西美女唱的。‘每周流行榜’排名前列很久。俺上下班已不知聽過多少次了。

說來米國佬也和中國大媽有相似之處的趕腳：

“你匝介麼快就掉入愛河啦？”

“介傢伙粥是找漂亮臉蛋兒啊（只想跟你那個而已）！”

“介傢伙嚴重膚淺啊（nothing under the surface）!”

“介傢伙不是你該牽手的人啊！”

凱西：

“呵呵，你們統統錯了啊。”

“哈哈，俺（的直覺）都對了啊。”

“大媽說啥也看不見。”

“俺卻一眼就全懂（I saw it at first sight）。”

哈哈，《Unapologetically》歌詞（谷哥搜來）貼在下面：

"Unapologetically"

They're gonna say I fell too fast
They're gonna say it's never gonna last
And before it's too late, I should just back away
Yeah, they're gonna say that
He ain't the kind to hold my hand
He ain't gonna try to understand
Nothing under the surface
He's just looking for a pretty face

But they got it all wrong
I got it all right
They say they just don't see it
But I saw it at first sight

And I'm unapologetically in love
And that's unapologetically enough
No matter where it takes me
Even if it breaks me
I'm unapologetically all in
From the second that I started falling
And it don't even phase me
When they call me crazy
I'm unapologetically in love
I'm unapologetically in love

So I could care less if I'm being careless
Might wreck me to be reckless
But I'd rather fall apart than
Love half-hearted
Yeah, maybe it's true that you know when you know
And then again maybe you don't
But when you find a diamond
You can't keep it from shining

And I'm unapologetically in love
And that's unapologetically enough
No matter where it takes me
Even if it breaks me
I'm unapologetically all in
From the second that I started falling
And it don't even phase me
When they call me crazy
I'm unapologetically in love
I'm unapologetically in love

The life of my party
He keeps my eyes starry
So I'm so sorry for not being sorry

I'm unapologetically in love
I'm unapologetically in love

I'm unapologetically in love
And that's unapologetically enough
No matter where it takes me
Even if it breaks me
I'm unapologetically all in
From the second that I started falling
And it don't even phase me
When they call me crazy
I'm unapologetically in love
I'm unapologetically in love

They're gonna say I fell too fast
Yeah, they're gonna say it's never gonna last
Unapologetically