作者 愛德華 托馬斯(1878-1917)
七月泛舟
(綠島陽光譯 2012年7月31日)
風,屏住了呼吸—悄靜靜,
草木杵立,水滑無痕。
雲,起舞紛紛,
把我的小船擁進她的倩影。
船兒輕輕地隨流漂動,
微波盪起復又無形;
浮水漫載着我的思絮,
如真似夢蕩漾在我的心。
那天邊移動的----
是飛鳥?還是幻影?
那岸邊沉睡的灌木林----
可正在慢慢地甦醒?
黎明早已來過,
時光流逝無存。
冷冷的河床上,
蘆葦擁抱着,溫暖無聲,
無垠的天空間,
我的思緒在馳騁----
往事歷歷如風,
難以在我的心房久停;
樹叢碧葉間野鴿不停地啼吟,
送來了神樂般悅耳歌聲;
正將那美妙,祥和,
慢慢地注入我期待的心靈!
英文原詩如下:
Edward Thomas(1878-1917)
July
Naught moves but clouds, and in the glassy lake
Their doubles and the shadow of my boat.
The boat itself stirs only when I break
This drowse of heat and solitude afloat
To prove if what I see be bird or mote,
Or learn if yet the shore woods be awake.
Long hours since dawn grew, - spread, - and passed on high
And deep below, - I have watched the cool reeds hung
Over images more cool in imaged sky:
Nothing there was worth thinking of so long;
All that the ring-doves say, far leaves among,
Brims my mind with content thus still to lie.