拙作《七绝.红楼有梦难除却》汉译英
汉语原文:
红楼有梦难除却,宝黛无缘枉曾经。
三世纠缠唯一茧,青丝先椁稚心虫。
英文译文:
The red chambers forever a dream haunted above.
Bao and Dai were destined to part though in love,
that entangled from the prelife till the present,
into a cocoon shrouding the nymph, the innocent.
注1:nymph的含义是:美女,仙女,蛹... “蛹”读仄声,但俺需要平声,干脆用“虫”了。这“虫”是蚕,并不恶心人哪。哈哈。蚕很美丽,所以被称为“蚕宝宝”。
注2:“稚心虫”代指黛玉。俺觉得黛玉虽冰雪聪明,可得分遇到啥事儿。在婚姻这个问题上,她傻得厉害。贾母心里是啥主意其实不用想就能知道:她心疼宝玉,必然希望他娶个家庭可以依靠的女子好帮衬他。比较薛宝钗家是富商vs黛玉根本连家都木有就知道黛玉的下场了。不过英文里俺却用了innocent,算对黛玉的命运鸣一声不平。
豌博译文:
Dreams swirled in the Red Mansions unending,
real love of Bao and Dai yielded no knot-tying.
Prelife bond no more than a decorated alibi,
green shoots and a naive heart doomed Dai.