雪莱《埃及的奥席曼德斯》重译

                          傅正明译

P. B. 雪莱

   埃及的奥席曼德斯 [1]

我曾遇见一位来自古国的客商，

他对我说：在茫茫无边的沙漠

一双巨大的石腿独立沙丘之上，

不见躯干，头像旁落砂砾半掩，

眉宇间的威严，嘴角边的冷峻，

表明雕像师深刻理解权势欲望。

摹刻欲望的手和滋生欲望的心

早已消亡，欲望依旧残留寒石，

底座镂刻的两行大字依稀可辨：

“奥席曼德斯，朕乃王中王。

千秋垂功业，万世压强梁！” [2]

此外四处空旷，巨大残像

  形单影只，遥望赤裸无垠，

  唯寂寞平沙茫茫伸向远方。

译注:

雪莱原文：

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Ozymandias of Egypt

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on those lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
  Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
  The lone and level sands stretch far away.